William Wray Carney has a Honors BA in English Literature from Trent University in Peterborough Ontario and studied journalism at Carleton University in Ottawa Ontario. He has over 30 years of experience in media, public relations and education. He has been a sessional instructor at the University of Regina and the University of Alberta and was Adjunct Professor in risk communications at Concordia University College in Edmonton Alberta. His work in public relations was primarily in the public sector in Alberta and Saskatchewan and he is now semiretired from government, maintaining a small private practice in Regina Saskatchewan. He is the author of In the News: The Practice of Media Relations in Canada (University of Alberta Press, 2nd edition 2008.) In 2009, the Canadian Public Relations Society presented the Award of Attainment to Carney “whose personal activities and/or leadership have gone beyond the call of duty or responsibility to an employer or client and resulted in a pronounced contribution to the status and acceptance of the Public Relations function as a whole.”