[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/brunt.jpg” caption=”Steve Brunt “]Aspiring writers and professional communicators will gather to hear the Globe and Mail's Steve Brunt today, as he recounts his experiences as a journalist, author, film writer, and television and radio broadcaster. Brunt's talk is hosted by Humanities Career Services on Thursday, Nov. 17 at 9.30 a.m. in MUSC 220.

Brunt has won the Michener Award, the country's highest award for public service journalism, and the National Magazine Award. He has been a finalist for the National Newspaper Award three times, and was runner up for the Centre for Investigative Journalism Award. In 2003, he was named writer of the year by Sports Media Canada.

He has been the lead sports columnist for the Globe and Mail since 1989. Before that, he worked in several other areas of the newspaper including political reporting and feature writing. His work has appeared in a wide variety of publications such as Esquire (British edition), The Report on Business Magazine and Toronto Life.

Brunt is the author of seven books including: The Way It Looks From Here: Contemporary Canadian Writing On Sports, published in 2004 and Facing Ali: The Opposition Weighs In – the story of fifteen of Muhammad Ali's opponents (named one of the 10 best sports books of 2003 by Sports Illustrated).

Brunt is also involved in broadcasting, regularly featured on Rogers Sportsnet, TVO's Studio Two, The Fan590, Team990 in Montreal, and CBC Radio.

His film, The Last Round, produced by the National Film Board and directed by Joseph Blasioli, won the Special Jury Prize at the Hot Docs Festival in 2003, and was a finalist for the Genie Award as best feature length documentary. It was released theatrically in Canada in the fall of 2003, and shown on CBC Television in 2004.

Steve Brunt's visit is part of the Making Contact: Careers in Communication Speaker Series, organized by Level IV Communication Studies student, Jennifer Kramer, who works as a peer helper with Humanities Career Services. For more information, see http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/careers/.