Comments on: Nora Young

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:50:59 +0000

Nora Young has the best voice for radio I have ever heard! Her voice has the qualities of an exquisite wine with a rich seductiveness, but also resonates confidence and authority. I could listen to her say anything, even reading the back of a shampoo bottle.
Spark is a wonderful show. I am so glad to be able to hear Nora's dulcet tones on a regular basis once more.

By: Inspirational: Nora Young : i tell stories

Inspirational: Nora Young : i tell stories — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:14:06 +0000

[...] Nora Young is host of Spark. Spark is a CBC show, a blog and a community of sorts. Check it out at cbc.ca/spark. [...]

By: TV Reviewer

TV Reviewer — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:40:11 +0000

She's absolutely awesome. Can't we just get more technology-interested women like her on TV? Please…

By: 3 Highlights from the 2009 EAC Conference « The Word Blog

3 Highlights from the 2009 EAC Conference « The Word Blog — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:27:52 +0000

[...] Nora Young, host of CBC’s Spark and keynote speaker extraordinaire, spoke to us about ethics in the quickly changing landscape of communication technology. She compared the cultural shift occasioned by web 2.0 technology to the advent of direct-dial phone calls. Just as pioneer phonecallers once had to give some serious thought about how they would announce themselves to the person answering their call—should I say hello or ahoy?—Nora argues that we as pioneering web 2.0 users are having to think hard about how we use and communicate information on the web. While the internet signals the end of information scarcity (at least for those of us with access to it), she asks us, what is the quality of that information? How carefully do we evaluate it’s accuracy? And to what extent are we exposed to information that challenges our assumptions when we gravitate to the news and views we want to read? Nora challenged to us to participate in creating online relationships and content that allow readers see the inner workings of content creation and to contribute themselves—the very essence of web 2.0. Yet, and perhaps more importantly, she also challenges us to strive in this work for “balanced collaboration complemented by an individual depth of research.” The lure of surveying only the most appealing or readily available sources is strong, but deeper and more extensive research is crucial for making the internet a reliable and flexible source of information. Although information is no longer scarce, it is still suspect. Facts may no longer be fixed and true; they may instead be “fluid and true for now,” but this means that we must be more vigilant about the accuracy and relevance of the information we create, disseminate, and accept as true, not less so. And so, Nora argues, like those phone-dialing pioneers of yore, we too are choosing how it is that we announce ourselves online: “Hello or Ahoy?” Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Question to writers and editors, Natural Language or Second Language?WWW and LanguageGmail adds email translation features: Is this helpful?Hangman, Spare that Word: The English Purge Their Language [...]

By: Craig Hubley

Craig Hubley — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:35:50 +0000

Yup. Beautiful… Amazing. And the show's pretty good too.

By: In Montreal and Toronto | Manara

In Montreal and Toronto | Manara — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:22:02 +0000

[...] also be participating on a panel called “The Social Circle” which will be moderated by Nora Young of CBC Radio’s Spark and [...]

By: In Montreal and Toronto « Rahaf Harfoush

In Montreal and Toronto « Rahaf Harfoush — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:49:56 +0000

[...] also be participating on a panel called “The Social Circle” which will be moderated by Nora Young of CBC Radio’s Spark and [...]

By: Technology news - Techvibes Blog

Technology news - Techvibes Blog — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:37:24 +0000

[...] Social Circle will be moderated by Nora Young of CBC Radio’s Spark and [...]

By: Nora Young…podcasting live! « Wallflower Nation

Nora Young…podcasting live! « Wallflower Nation — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:19:02 +0000

[...] can learn more about Nora on her Spark [...]

By: on social media & transparency with Nora Young « social (med!a) virgin

on social media & transparency with Nora Young « social (med!a) virgin — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:35:02 +0000

[...] Wednesday, Feb. 18, a couple of friends and I had the opportunity to interview the CBC’s Nora Young. We were on assignment for our Online PR class with the intention of creating a podcast on the [...]