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Fraser, Doug- Interview

Item number (ISN):

117884

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1987-05-21

Item number (ISN):

117884

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CARLETON UNIVERSITY: INSTITUTE FOR CANADIAN STUDIES

Accession:

1989-0108

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1987-05-21

Production company:

Carleton University Institute for Canadian Studies

Production credit:

interviewer, Ross Eaman

Description:

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Interview of Doug Fraser by Ross Eaman, about his career in CBC news from 1947 to 1978. He talks about: the coverage of the Springhill, Nova Scotia mining disaster; technicians keeping the lines open during the disaster; report by Joan Watson from the disaster site; strict writing standards in the radio newsroom; the decision to drop the title Mr. in favour of last name only; the belief that the Associated Press was the voice of the CIA; and the early days of television news. He was not interested in working in TV. Kingsley Brown came from Canadian Press and was critical of TV news. CBC reporters worked for both TV and radio in the early days. The news service wanted to gather more news and for that needed a larger budget. Fraser says that television news is the early days used more word descriptions rather than letting the film speak for itself. Reporters tended to write the scripts and then showed them to cameramen, who would then shoot images to match the script. They did not have full confidence in the images so they would write a more desriptive script. There was a greater use of stock footage. Nowadays, there are separate radio and TV reporters due to the volume of news, the greater degree of complexity and the greater amount of TV air time. Fraser also talks about early recording technology that largely confined actuality sound to features and documentaries because it was too cumbersome to take out into the field for spot news reporting. He recalls that TV editors were excellent, able to sense what the reporter wanted. He describes disc cutting technology in use when he first joined the CBC and the difficulty this posed for editing. When doing television interviewers, the CBC would also record the interview on tape for use on the radio. He mentions CBC broadcasters Max Ferguson and Harry Mannis. Also discussed is the concept of journalistic objectivity and the need to attribute sources. He left the CBC in 1978 and worked at the United Nations.

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Recorded in Halifax.

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Vault ISN:

111664

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

C06801

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

119:40

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

111665

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

C06802

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

345863

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 2000-04-0014

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

73:03

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1000502

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A4 2000-04-0014

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Made from:

1999-0017/1
C06801
C06802

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1181647

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

117884-C06801.WAV
117884-C06802.WAV

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

BWF

Duration:

60:52

Made from:

C06801
C06802

Status:

MASTER
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

A1 2000-04-0014

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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