Herald will blog from Catholic Media Convention

Herald editor Bill Howard and assistant editor Jim Myers will blog periodically from the Catholic Media Convention May 28-30 in Toronto.

The Catholic Media Convention is the largest annual gathering of Catholic press in North America and features guest speakers and workshops on may different aspects of the business. Noted speakers at this year's convention include Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet, musician John Michael Talbot, Holy See press office and Vatican radio director Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Pontifical Council for Social Communications president Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli and McGill University law professor Margaret Somerville.

The convention concludes the evening of May 30 with the 2008 Catholic Press Awards.