Pull Quotes – S7E5 – Shaping a Generation of Feature Writers with Bill Reynolds
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Pull Quotes – S7E5 – Shaping a Generation of Feature Writers with Bill Reynolds

Narrative journalism professor Bill Reynolds is retiring after 24 years at TMU. He sits down with host Andrew Roberts to reflect on his path from magazine editor to educator—and what lies ahead.

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Guest Bio

Bill joined TMU’s School of Journalism in 2002, after more than a decade in the magazine world. He was part of the founding team at Eye Weekly in Toronto, where he worked as Associate Editor, Managing Editor, and eventually Editor. Before that, he cut his teeth at Vox, a Calgary-based music and arts magazine. His freelance writing has appeared in The Walrus, Maisonneuve, This Magazine, Canadian Business, Swerve, The Globe and Mail, and the Hamilton Spectator. He is the author of the book, Life Real Loud: John Lefebvre, Neteller and the Revolution in Online Gambling (ECW Press, 2014), which won the U.S. Independent Publisher Book Award for best nonfiction crime book, and in Canada was nominated for the Arthur Ellis best nonfiction crime book.

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music by trtasfiq – Rock Again. Guitar And Drum Instrumental Background Music from Pixabay

Cover art by Evan Zeller

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