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Robbins, Ronald Cynewulf
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Ronald Cynewulf Robbins served as the first Director of the University of Regina's School of Journalism and Communications, beginning in September, 1980 until his retirement in 1983. Born in Wales in 1918, received an honours English degree and other post-secondary education in the fields of communications and management. He worked for 26 years with CBC radio and television, serving as manager of editorial resources for CBC Television News and as coordinator of television news training programs. He also had experience as a desk editor with the Canadian Press in Toronto. Mr. Robbins has written a war-time novel entitled 'Blood for Breakfast' and a book of verse, 'Out of Solitude'. His poems have been published in various literary magazines and anthologies, and he has contributed to the journalism textbook, 'A Media Mosaic: Canadian Communications Through a Critical Eye'.