EWEN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-11-29 published
Manager editor of Guelph Mercury
Guelph Mercury Saturday, November 29, 2003 - Page F11
Guelph, Ontario -- Bonnie
EWEN, managing editor of the Guelph
Mercury, died Monday night after suffering a brain aneurysm last
weekend. She was 44.
Ms. EWEN was taken to Guelph General Hospital Saturday afternoon
after suffering severe head pain and then transferred to Mississauga's
Trillium Health Centre, where she soon lapsed into a coma.
She had been maintained on life-support systems until arrangements
could be made for her organs to be donated, in keeping with her
wishes, said her sister, Brenda
EWEN.
Bonnie EWEN began working at the Mercury 24 years ago as a clerical
assistant, but it was clear from the start she had her sights
set on loftier positions. "It took some time, but I managed to
force editors to throw me a story or two," she said in a 1999
interview after being appointed managing editor.
"I'd wanted to be a journalist ever since I was a child, and
I was like a kid in a candy store when the paper finally hired
me as a reporter. I spent a great 10 years on assignment before
taking a desk here as a junior editor."
Bob RUTTER, a former regional editor at the Mercury, was given
the task of teaching Ms.
EWEN, who had no formal training in
journalism, the basics of the job. "This came about after months
of pestering, and an almost daily inquisition about why she could
not be given a reporting assignment," Mr.
RUTTER said.
Gary MANNING, a former Mercury managing editor who hired Ms.
EWEN in 1980, said he gave her the job "because she showed a
lot of self-confidence and interest in the news business."
EWEN
really wanted to be -- the managing editor's office.
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