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Chronicling the diversity of Yellowknife, one profile at a time

This online series from Edge YK magazine proves that, even in a small city of 20,000, there is no shortage of characters with fascinating stories to tell.
Canadian researchers call on fellow scientists to be more vocal in the media

Academic panel calls on peers to have their voices heard in the media—and cut through the noise coming from think thanks and lobbyists.
How newsrooms can get most out of the intern experience

Eight things field placement hosts can do to encourage a student reporters’ best work.
Can crowd-funded environmental journalism thrive?

“Silenced Spring” profiles environment reporters who are asking the public for money in order to write in-depth, quality stories that they feel are lacking in mainstream media.
Toronto Star’s Katie Daubs on walking the western front

How a reporter and photographer illustrated a war that’s a long time gone—on foot.
On profiling Anne Marie Owens for the Ryerson Review of Journalism

“Mission Impossible” could have described the challenges facing the new National Post editor-in-chief, Erica Lenti’s profile subject, and the challenge of profiling Owens in the first place.
Atkinson lecture on the power and politics of cartooning

Cartooning is not for the faint of heart, Sue Dewar told attendees at the 2015 Atkinson lecture at the Ryerson University School of Journalism.
Three things I learned from the CBC’s Doc Project

Notes from an intensive workshop on the art of the radio documentary.
“Just keep writing.” Lessons from a journalist turned book author

How journalist and former Canadian Geographic editor Dan Rubinstein made the leap from 5,000-word features to a book-length project.
Is Canadian journalism experiencing a generational war?

Massey College panel discusses access, labour and representation in the current media landscape. If there is a generation war in Canadian journalism, they conclude, it certainly isn’t new.