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. Continue Reading CBC Ombudsperson: Passport Babies
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What re-reading Camus’s The Plague can tell us about media, literature and social memory in times of crisis Continue Reading Popular literature in the age of pandemic threat
Toronto Star editor Irene Gentle on lifting the paywall on public service coverage Continue Reading Toronto Star editor: Why we’re offering free digital access to essential coronavirus information
As original coverage is increasingly replaced with U.S. wire copy, gaps in local cultural reporting belie a worrying trend Continue Reading What happened to the Toronto Star’s arts section?
Let’s tell the truth about Blatchford’s toxic legacy Continue Reading Christie Blatchford Doesn’t Deserve Her Eulogy
What 360-graphic novels can teach us about non-fiction storytelling Continue Reading Edward Madojemu on innovation, agency and shared experience in the world of VR
The stories we’re told are shaped by those with clout. What about the voices we’re not hearing from? Continue Reading What readers miss out on when newsrooms aren’t diverse
J-Source publisher and co-author of upcoming book ‘The End of the CBC’ breaks down the regulatory recommendations that have industry watchdogs in a tailspin Continue Reading Broadcast and Telecommunications Legislative Review panel report leaves consumers out in the cold