David
Hayes
hayes1@sympatico.ca
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by DON SEDGWICK
Transatlantic Literary Agency
Inc.
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David Hayes is a Toronto-based freelance journalist who has written four nonfiction books as well as scores of articles and reviews for major publications, including Saturday Night, Report On Business, The Walrus, The New York Times Magazine, The Globe and Mail, Toronto Life (he was the magazine's media columnist in the late 1980s), and National Post Business (he served as senior writer from August 2001 until April 2003. He has won seven National Magazine Awards (Gold, Silver and Honourable Mention).
A career freelance writer, Hayes has written on a wide range of subjects although his special areas of interest include culture and the arts -- especially popular music -- and media (in addition to award winning feature articles, his second book, Power and Influence: The Globe and Mail and the News Revolution, uses Canada's national newspaper to trace the evolution of print journalism since the rise of television). He has also written extensively on business, especially marketing and advertising.
He began
teaching as a part-time instructor in the School of Journalism at Toronto's
Ryerson University in the late 1980s. He was an assistant professor on
faculty from 1995 to 2002. He now teaches advanced magazine writing in
Ryerson’s Continuing Education division and gives workshops on feature
writing as well as research, reporting and interviewing techniques. He
is considered an authority on literary journalism (the use of dramatic
fictional techniques in nonfiction).
THE
LITTLE GYPSY
The Life and Mysterious Death of Jazz Legend Lenny Breau
(ECW Press) Scheduled for tk.
THE
LOST SQUADRON
Hyperion/Madison Press (U.S.); Little, Brown & Co (Canada); Bloomsbury
Publishing (UK); Ein Ullstein: (Germany). Hardcover, published October
1994.
POWER
AND INFLUENCE
The Globe and Mail and The News Revolution
(Key Porter Books Ltd.) Hardcover, published October 1992
• 1993 Toronto Historical Board Award of Merit (nonfiction)
NO
EASY ANSWERS
The Trial and Conviction of Bruce Curtis
(Penguin Books Canada Ltd.) Hardcover, published October, 1986
• 1986 Arthur Ellis Award, Honourable Mention, nonfiction (Crime
Writers of Canada)
• Canadian
paperback, published October 1987
U.S. paper, pub April 1988 BLOOD KNOT: The Trial and Conviction of Bruce
Curtis
(St. Martin’s Press)
• TV
MOVIE-OF-THE-WEEK:
CBC (Canada): Journey Into Darkness (November 1991)
NBC (U.S.): Deadly Betrayal (February 1992)
CO-WRITING/GHOST WRITING/EDITING
RACE
AGAINST TIME
By Stephen Lewis (edited
by David Hayes)
(House of Anansi Press Inc.)
Softcover, published October 2005
THE
PASSION TO SKATE:
An Intimate View of Figure Skating
By Sandra Bezic, with David Hayes
(Turner Publishing Inc./Opus Productions Inc.)
Hardcover, published October 1996
ANTHOLOGIES
What
I Meant to Say: 25 Essays on the Private Lives of Men
Edited by Ian Brown (Thomas Allen
Publishers, 2005)
"My Father's Secret"
Taking
Risks: Literary Journalism From the Edge
Introduction: Michael Ignatieff; Edited by Barbara Moon and Don Obe (Banff
Centre Press, 1998)
“The Little Gypsy: The Jazz Legend of Lenny Breau”
Canadian
Politics Through Press Reports
Edited by Donald C. Wallace and Frederick J. Fletcher
(Oxford University Press, 1984)
“Lobbyists: A Word From the Wise”
Articles
and essays have appeared in major publications, including:
Saturday Night, Toronto Life, Report on Business magazine, The Globe
and Mail, The New York Times Magazine, National Post Business, Toro, The
Walrus, Chatelaine, Canadian Business, Maclean’s, Azure, and
others.
EDITORIAL POSITIONS
National Post Business, Senior Correspondent (Aug 2001-April 2003)
Toronto Life, Contributing Editor, 1986-96; Media Columnist, 1987-89; 1992-93
Ryerson Review of Journalism, Consulting Editor, 1987-2001
T.O. Magazine, Consulting Editor, 1987
enRoute, Editorial Assistant, June-August, 1979
AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS
2009
– Amnesty International Media Award
• LOCAL ALTERNATIVE PRINT category
“Abandoned in Canada” (Chatelaine, Sept. 2009)
2008 – National Magazine Award
• HONOURABLE MENTION (Society)
“The Sins of the Mother” (Chatelaine, Sept. 2008)
• HONOURABLE MENTION (Investigative Reporting)
“The Sins of the Mother” (Chatelaine,
Sept. 2008)
• HONOURABLE MENTION (Arts & Entertainment)
“Who's the Boss?" (Toronto Life, February 2008)
2007
– National Magazine Award
• HONOURABLE MENTION (Investigative Reporting)
“Notes on a Scandal” (Toronto Life, May 2007)
2006
– National Magazine Award
• HONOURABLE MENTION (One of a Kind)
“The Prisoner” (Toronto Life, April 2006)
2002 – National Magazine Award
• GOLD (Business)
“Song Corpse” (Toronto Life, Feb. 2002)
• HONOURABLE MENTION (Arts & Entertainment)
“The Boys in the Brand” (National Post Business,
March 2002)
• HONOURABLE MENTION (Words & Pictures)
“Little Kabul” (Toronto Life, Oct. 2002)
2001
– National Magazine Award
• HONOURABLE MENTION (Arts & Entertainment)
“Riding the Next Wave” (Saturday Night, Jan. 20,
2001)
1998
– National Magazine Award
• HONOURABLE MENTION (Business)
“Fear Itself” (Toronto Life, Oct. 1998)
1993
– National Magazine Award
• HONOURABLE MENTION (Society)
“The Dance, the Firebombs and the Clash of Cultures” (Toronto
Life, Oct. 1992)
1987
– National Magazine Award
• SILVER (Business)
“What’s Black and White and May or May Not Be Read All Over?”
(Toronto Life, Dec. 1987)
1984
– Author’s Award - Canadian Periodical Publishers’ Assoc.
• GOLD (Business)
“Who Killed Cockfield Brown?” (Saturday Night, Feb.
1984)
Resident,
ARTS JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
The Banff Centre: School of Fine Arts; Banff, Alta (June 1993)
TEACHING
RYERSON UNIVERSITY
Faculty of Continuing Education
• Instructor, Advanced Magazine Writing: 2003-present
• Instructor, Magazine Writing: 1986-87
RYERSON UNIVERSITY
School of Journalism
• Assistant Professor: 1999-2002
• Limited Term Faculty appointment: 1995-1999
• Instructor: 1987-1995
(I have taught a variety of courses, including Advanced Magazine Writing, Magazine Reporting, Introduction to Magazine Writing, Magazine Fundamentals and Freelance Writing.)
BANFF SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS
Magazine Publishing Workshop
• Writer in Residence: 1985-88
WORKSHOPS
• I have led a variety of workshops and participated on panels related
to feature writing and/or literary journalism for organizations such as
Rogers Communications, Canadian Business Press, Canadian Association of
Journalists (CAJ), Canadian Magazine Publishers’ Association (CMPA)
Publishing Program, Periodical Writers Association of Canada (PWAC), the
U.S.-based Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communications
(AEJMC), The Hamilton Spectator, and others.
EDUCATION
RYERSON UNIVERSITY
• School of Journalism, Bachelor of Applied Arts: 1981