The real consequences of fake news
Fake news, or fabricated content deceptively presented as real news, has garnered a lot of interest since the U.S. presidential election last fall. Continue Reading The real consequences of fake news
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Dude, where’s my car?
As the way journalists get around changes, so does the way we tell stories. Continue Reading Dude, where’s my car?
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The New York Times’ campaign to conquer Canada
Partly, it’s envy. But it’s also part of a plan to become the world’s newspaper of record. Continue Reading The New York Times’ campaign to conquer Canada
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Not fake news
Mainstream media can still effect social change. Continue Reading Not fake news
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What the failure of Star Touch teaches us about a media bailout
Star Touch is exactly why the feds need to leave the news business to its death throes. Continue Reading What the failure of Star Touch teaches us about a media bailout
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Are Canadians really falling for fake news?
By Christopher Waddell, Publisher I have been a grocery shopper for about 40 years. During that time in checkout lines I have read about cars that can run on water that the oil industry keeps secret from us, the pregnancies and affairs of hundreds of politicians and celebrities, regular UFO invasions of the earth hushed… -
‘Foreign’ reporting is so last century, let’s remake it
Why UBC students teamed with peers in Colombia, China and India to tell ‘Surviving the City’ stories.
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It is not the pain that defines us
The writers featured in the latest issue of Write Magazine deserve notice for their excellent work.
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Journalists and activism: Desmond Cole and the Star
The old rules were a product of the old business model — and they’re breaking down.
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Desmond Cole’s decision to leave the Toronto Star suggests a double standard on activism
This is a tale of two columnists, and how they were treated very differently by Canada’s largest newspaper.