Kevin Donovan, Secret Life: The Jian Ghomeshi Investigation. Goose Lane Editions, 2016. 232 pages, $19.95. By Dan Rowe, Books Editor Secret Life: The Jian Ghomeshi Investigation by Toronto Star reporter Kevin Donovan serves, first and foremost, as a reminder, if one is still needed, of accusations of monstrously harassing behavior in Ghomeshi’s personal and professional life.…
By Chelsea Lau For Matthew Braga, technology was just an interest at first. He wanted to know the inner workings of technology and how they worked on a technical level, whether it was smart phones, laptops or video games. It was only when he pursued writing that he combined his love of tech with journalism…
By Trevor Hewitt When Peter Mansbridge began working at a Winnipeg newsroom in 1971, there was only one woman in the entire newsroom. Her job? Answering the phone and getting coffee. That is until one day when someone asked her, yet again, to do what had become a routine coffee run for the office. “Get…
By Grant Buckler The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are seeking to obtain never-broadcast excerpts of interviews conducted by Alain Gravel, formerly of the Radio-Canada current affairs program Enquête, concerning alleged corruption at the Canada Revenue Agency. According to a La Presse report, Gravel conducted interviews with Francesco Bertucci, owner of the Montreal employment agency Thomson…
By Kirk LaPointe If the academic literature suggests one-half of all stories contain a factual error, then it is clear that corrections should be in routine order. But when and how to do so is a debate within journalism, particularly in this iterative age of digital reporting when our craft updates and doesn’t always acknowledge…
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By Nadine Tousignant for CNW As Assistant Editor and Reporter at The Eastern Door, Daniel J. Rowe shares stories from the Kahnawake Mohawk community that deserve to be told. We asked Daniel about his work and what advice he has for PR professionals. What is the most rewarding part of your work? There is nothing more…