OCTOBER 18, 2014
It’s been 35 years, and The Link is still here. Join us for The Link newspaper’s reunion party Oct. 18, 2014. We’d love to reconnect Linkies, celebrate 35 years of student press and talk about future challenges for those telling compelling stories in a changing media landscape.
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OPEN OFFICE
H649 2 to 4 p.m.
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SPEAKERS
H763 at 4 p.m.
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COCKTAILS & snacks
11th floor EV lounge from 5 p.m. on.
SPEAKERS
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Philip Authier
Serving as The Link’s Managing Editor for our inaugural volume and as Editor-in-Chief for Vol. 2, Authier oversaw the first years of the newspaper.
He is currently on his 25th year at The Gazette in Montreal, serving as a political reporter and analyst. With a focus on both federal and Quebec politics, Authier has covered his share of stories about the ever newsworthy Parti Québécois, the 2012 student action against tuition increases, and the saga of Jean Charest’s leadership in the province.
Jennifer Ditchburn
Ditchburn served as The Link’s News Editor during Vol. 15.
Ditchburn works for The Canadian Press as a Senior Parliamentary Correspondent, where she has been since 1997. With the CP, she has won two National Newspaper Awards — the first in 2010 for coverage on the abolishment of the long-form census by the Conservative government, and again in 2012 for reporting on the expense claims scandal of Senator Mike Duffy. She now also works as an instructor for Carleton University’s journalism program, where she received her Masters in Journalism.
Maria
Abi-HabibAbi-Habib worked as the News Editor for The Link’s Vol. 26
Since 2007, Abi-Habib has reported for the Wall Street Journal, now working as a Middle East Reporter based in Beirut, Lebanon. She has also been based in Kabul, Afghanistan — where her 2012 piece on atrocities occurring in a Kabul military hospital was a finalist for a South Asian Journalism Award — and in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Her current focus is on Syria, al Qaeda, and The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
Justin Giovannetti
Giovannetti served as The Link’s Editor-in-Chief during Vol. 31. During his tenure, Giovannetti revealed the purchase of the Faubourg building for Concordia’s new student centre, Student Union battles with the Canadian Federation of Students, and the controversial exit of Concordia President Judith Woodsworth.
Stationed in Vancouver as a reporter for The Globe and Mail, he has had the opportunity to cover the British Columbia teachers’ union strike, the devastating Washington State mudslides in 2014 and the disaster in Lac-Mégantic, a story that earned him a Michener nomination.
Before joining The Globe in 2013, Giovannetti was reporting at CTV Montreal.