a newswriter who informed Findlay of his own terminal illness, to Findlay's lack of concern; his character died at the end of the episode. In 2005, the season three additions to the cast included Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall as Jason, who replaced Alex as segment producer, Kristin Booth as Nora and Sarah Strange as Susan Murdoch, Findlay's boss. Jeremy Hotz returned to the cast for the first episode when Findlay rehired his character and then fired him later that episode. Guest stars The show also included guest appearances by a number of public figures, including David Cronenberg, Rick Salutin, Bob Rae, Hugh Segal, Naomi Klein, Daniel Richler, Angelo Mosca, Linda McQuaig, Cynthia Dale and Noam Chomsky, playing themselves in interviews on the newscast. Escape from the Newsroom featured Atom Egoyan. Production notes The series was produced by Finkleman's long-time collaborator, Peter Meyboom. For several years they ran an independent production company together called 100 Per Cent Films. Other key creative contributors to The Newsroom were cinematographer Joan Hutton whose documentary style added an authentic feel and music composer Sid Robinovitch, an old friend of Finkleman's who wrote the mournful, jazzy closing theme. Another key collaborator was editor Allan Novak, who edited all of Finkleman's early Canadian work including Married Life, More Tears, Foolish Heart, and Foreign Objects. Novak also produced and directed a half hour behind the scenes documentary called Inside the Newsroom. CBC executives green-lighting and overseeing the project included Deborah Bernstein, Susan Morgan, Slawko Klymkiw and Phyllis Platt. Episode guide Season 1 (1996–1997) The Walking Shoe Incident Dinner at Eight Deeper, Deeper The Kevorkian Joke A Bad Day Petty Tyranny Dis and Dat Parking Unity The Meltdown Part I The Meltdown Part II The Meltdown Part III The Campaign Escape from the Newsroom (2002) (movie) Season 2 (2004) America, America Death 1, George 0 Pushy, Moneygrubbing, Cosmopolitan Racist An Enormous Waste of TIme Anchors Away One of Us Never Read Symptoms The Fifty Slow Leak Reality Strikes The British Accent Say Cheese The Second Coming Season 3 (2005) One Dumb Idea Dial 'G' for Gristle Lolita Latent Homosexual Tendencies Baghdad Bound Learning to Fly Awards and nominations DGC Craft Award 2005 - Outstanding Achievement in Direction - Television Series - Ken Finkleman - (For episode "Baghdad Bound") 2005 - Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Television Series - Tom Bjelic, Allan Fung (For episode "Learning To Fly") DGC Team Award