Alan J. Yates spent almost forty years working for the mass media in Canada. An expert in broadcast journalism and program production, he earned two graduate degrees in mass commun...view moreAlan J. Yates spent almost forty years working for the mass media in Canada. An expert in broadcast journalism and program production, he earned two graduate degrees in mass communications from Montreal’s McGill University and taught at the University of Ottawa. Yates is now retired and lives in Ottawa, Canada.view less