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Former Hill journalist, two-time Liberal candidate Allan Thompson to head Carleton j-school

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Allan Thompson has been a journalism professor at Carleton University since 2003. He was previously a reporter in The Toronto Star’s parliamentary bureau from 1994 to 2003. Photograph courtesy of Allan Thompson

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BY NEIL MOSS

April 29, 2020

Allan Thompson’s reporting career took him from Parliament Hill to Rwanda, and now he is set to become the new lead for Carleton University’s journalism school. [caption id="attachment_245995" align="alignright" width="356"]

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