Columns

'Canadian mainstream press have undermined the public’s right to know while ignoring the significance of WikiLeaks releases themselves. That needs to change’

It's time for the government to take off the mask that disguises and robs us of our public right to know. Trustworthy and revitalized government requires effective access and more public scrutiny

The apps, maps, VR and robots that told the story of a very long Tuesday

Mount Royal University hub will build technical skills, distribute content and foster scholarship on the medium

Canada lags behind some countries with preserving public digital records

When CBC News reported on the way the Epoch Times was covering issues related to the coronavirus pandemic, it inspired dozens of complaints. Reader David Tencer wrote that CBC had done a “smear job” on the newspaper, and his complaint is the subject of my latest review.

Explanatory reporting, drone journalism and VR help tell the story of the COVID-19 era

Adrian Ma breaks down binaural audio and how it enriches the listener experience

Earlier this year, The Fifth Estate aired a documentary about the industry of birth tourism, in which expectant mothers from abroad pay a fee to brokers, then come to Canada to deliver their baby. Complainant Janet Cleveland called the program “seriously inaccurate and biased”. I disagreed that it was biased, but my review found problems, nonetheless.

What re-reading Camus’s The Plague can tell us about media, literature and social memory in times of crisis