Gary Mason (journalist)
Gary Mason is a Canadian journalist. He currently is the national affairs columnist for The Globe and Mail, and covers events in western Canada from a Vancouverite perspective.
Biography
Mason grew up in Tsawassen.[1]
Mason graduated from Langara College's journalism program. He started his career with the Victoria Times Colonist before moving to the Vancouver Sun, where he worked for nineteen years[2][3] as sports section editor and provincial political affairs.[1]
Mason was hired by the Globe as part of an effort to expand the publication to British Columbia readers in 2005; his familiarity to local readers was a factor in his hiring.[4]
Awards
In 2015, he received the Jack Webster Foundation's Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award.[5]
Books
In 1989, Mason and Keith Baldrey authored Fantasyland: Inside the Reign of Bill Vander Zalm.[1]
With his wife, Barbara Gunn, Mason wrote three books about hockey: The Coolest Guys; Guardians: The Secret Life of Goalies; and The Coolest Guys II.[1]
Mason authored Oldtimers: On the Road with the Legendary Heroes of Hockey in 2002.[1]
In 2011, Mason was hired to be the co-author of John Furlong's memoir, Patriot Hearts: Inside the Games that Changed a Country.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Mason Gary". BC BookWorld. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ "Gary Mason". Outstanding Alumni. Langara College. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ "Gary Mason". Authors - The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ^ Leaf, Aaron (Spring 2006). "Mission Possible". Ryerson Review of Journalism. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ^ "Globe columnist Gary Mason receives Lifetime Achievement Award". News Media Canada. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ Makin, Bob (September 27, 2012). "Furlong's co-author Mason says he was told nothing about Burns Lake". The Tyee. Retrieved 14 April 2013.