Category / Commentary / Analysis
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Canada’s dismal data climate
Missing stats imperil our ability to communicate health risks for the pre-existing global crisis. Here’s what we can learn from coverage of COVID-19 -
CBC Ombudsperson: Passport Babies
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. -
Yes, websites really are starting to look more similar
There’s a creeping conformity taking place on the web -
Challenging our conventions around naming mass shooters
Countries around the world value the public’s right to know. But that principle can look very different place to place -
Popular literature in the age of pandemic threat
What re-reading Camus’s The Plague can tell us about media, literature and social memory in times of crisis -
Toronto Star editor: Why we’re offering free digital access to essential coronavirus information
Toronto Star editor Irene Gentle on lifting the paywall on public service coverage -
What happened to the Toronto Star’s arts section?
As original coverage is increasingly replaced with U.S. wire copy, gaps in local cultural reporting belie a worrying trend -
Christie Blatchford Doesn’t Deserve Her Eulogy
Let's tell the truth about Blatchford's toxic legacy -
Edward Madojemu on innovation, agency and shared experience in the world of VR
What 360-graphic novels can teach us about non-fiction storytelling -
What readers miss out on when newsrooms aren’t diverse
The stories we're told are shaped by those with clout. What about the voices we're not hearing from?
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