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  • Josh O’Kane interviews Joel Plaskett for his new book Nowhere With You: The East Coast Anthems of Joel Plaskett, The Emergency and Thrush Hermit. Photo courtesy Fred Lum.

    Josh O’Kane on trading breaking business news for book writing

    By Matthew Burley Josh O’Kane is a small business writer for the Globe and Mail. In his five years with the Globe, O’Kane has been writing about business, growth strategies, commercial property and music. His new book, Nowhere With You: The East Coast Anthems of Joel Plaskett, The Emergency and Thrush Hermit is about Plaskett’s…

  • One of Vicki Hall's stories about youth concussions, which ran as part of a series in the National Post in 2015. Screenshot by J-Source.

    How Vicki Hall and the National Post reported on youth concussions

    By Ashley Robinson In November 2015, a series about youth concussions was published in the National Post. Written by Vicki Hall and John Kryk, the series was sparked by the death of Rowen Stringer, a 17-year-old rugby player who died in 2013 after suffering repeated concussions. The series highlighted the lack of concussion protocols in Canadian…

  • As newsrooms shrink, reporters juggle multiple duties while carving out a niche for themselves. Screenshot by J-Source.

    Finding reporters who are “Offbeat”

    As newsrooms shrink, reporters juggle multiple duties while carving out a niche for themselves.

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    Photographer Lyle Owerko on 9/11, the day “no birds sang”

    The photographer who captured one of the most famous images of the World Trade Towers explains how instinct carried him through the day.

  • CBC’s Saving Sid captured 260,000 page views in one day. Screenshot by J-Source.

    How the story of a young stroke victim became an in-depth, interactive CBC feature

    Saving Sid, a 6,000-word interactive CBC feature, captured 260,000 page views in one day.

  • Child Care Crunch, the series Mary Agnes Welch worked on with Mia Rabson at the Winnipeg Free Press. Screenshot by J-Source.

    Mary Agnes Welch on a career covering public policy

    A day before she left the Free Press to become a pollster, Welch reflects on some of the big stories of her career.

  • Michelle Shephard in interviewed about Guantanamo’s Child: Omar Khadr after a special screening at Ryerson University on Feb. 23. Photo courtesy Ange Holmes.

    How the documentary about Omar Khadr was made

    Toronto Star national security reporter Michelle Shephard explains how Guantanamo’s Child: Omar Khadr came together

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    As BC vows real estate investigation, the story behind the exposé

    By David P. Ball for the Tyee The scandal rattling B.C.’s real estate sector this week started with a single word: “Realtors.” While researching Vancouver home demolitions last year, a builder told Globe and Mail reporter Kathy Tomlinson he was quitting the industry because of “all the realtors who are involved” who “tap into” offshore…

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    Freelancers’ Dues: Getting paid in the digital age

    By Nicole Cohen, Work and Labour Editor Back in October, freelance journalist Scott Carney launched Word Rates, a website for freelance journalists to pool information about publications’ pay rates, editors, and contracts (the site claims it’s like Yelp! for journalists). Carney, who has long been critical of the low fees magazines pay writers, told Contently that “… people…

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    Live-tweeting the Ghomeshi trial demystifies court process

    By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor Many people don’t understand what it’s like for sexual violence survivors to go through the criminal justice system. “Often times, we think that it’s cut and dried,” said Farrah Khan, the sexual violence support and education counsellor at Ryerson University—the person reports what happens to the police and then never…

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