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![Karen K. Ho’s July Toronto Life story about childhood friend Daniel Wong and his then-girlfriend Jennifer Pan. Image courtesy Toronto Life.]()
How Karen K. Ho’s reporting on a murder plot earned her two NMA nominations
Ho’s Toronto Life story “Jennifer Pan’s Revenge” explores why Pan tried to have her parents killed.
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![Calgary police officers on patrol. Photo courtesy Heather/Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic.]()
Getting scoops on the Calgary crime beat
Why developing professional relationships with police officers matters for crime reporters.
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![Barb Pacholik, a senior reporter at the Regina Leader-Post, tackled a difficult subject in her piece “Betrayal: What do you do when you discover your friend is a pedophile?” Screenshot by J-Source.]()
Reporting on the unspeakable
By Paige Kreutzwieser Barb Pacholik, a senior reporter at the Regina Leader-Post, tackled a difficult subject in her piece “Betrayal: What do you do when you discover your friend is a pedophile?”…
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![CBC’s Olivia Stefanovich reported for three days from Attawapiskat amid an unfolding suicide crisis. Screenshot by J-Source.]()
A reporter’s dispatches from Attawapiskat
By Donald Teuma-Castelletti When CBC multimedia journalist Olivia Stefanovich stepped off the plane in Attawapiskat, Ont., on Monday, April 11, she had no idea what to expect. She had reported about the…
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![Kelly Geraldine Malone explains the motivation behind her Vice story that sparked a national dialogue. Screenshot by J-Source.]()
How Kelly Geraldine Malone told the story of Canada’s fastest-growing prison population
By Kendall P. Latimer On Feb.2, Kelly Geraldine Malone’s 4,000-word article “Why Indigenous Women Are Canada’s Fastest Growing Prison Population” was published on Vice, sparking a national dialogue about incarceration rates of…
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![After receiving a voicemail criticizing her appearance, Teresa Wright, the chief political reporter for Charlottetown newspaper The Guardian, wrote a Facebook post in response, garnering support from all corners. Photo courtesy Michael Conor McCarthy.]()
The Guardian’s Teresa Wright responds to fans and foes of her red lipstick
By Michael Conor McCarthy When Teresa Wright, chief political reporter for Charlottetown’s newspaper The Guardian, covered the news on March 31 that a clinic for women’s reproductive health would be constructed on…
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![Eternity Martis on writing about Toronto’s gun crime issue and its race problem. Screenshot by J-Source.]()
Inside the gun
By Eternity Martis On August 4, 2016, two innocent people—Ariela Navarro-Fenoy, 26, and Duvel Hibbert, 23— lost their lives at Muzik nightclub in Toronto when gunfire erupted. Instantly, people speculated that it…
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![Josh O’Kane interviews Joel Plaskett for his new book Nowhere With You: The East Coast Anthems of Joel Plaskett, The Emergency and Thrush Hermit. Photo courtesy Fred Lum.]()
Josh O’Kane on trading breaking business news for book writing
By Matthew Burley Josh O’Kane is a small business writer for the Globe and Mail. In his five years with the Globe, O’Kane has been writing about business, growth strategies, commercial property…
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![One of Vicki Hall's stories about youth concussions, which ran as part of a series in the National Post in 2015. Screenshot by J-Source.]()
How Vicki Hall and the National Post reported on youth concussions
By Ashley Robinson In November 2015, a series about youth concussions was published in the National Post. Written by Vicki Hall and John Kryk, the series was sparked by the death of Rowen…
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![As newsrooms shrink, reporters juggle multiple duties while carving out a niche for themselves. Screenshot by J-Source.]()
Finding reporters who are “Offbeat”
As newsrooms shrink, reporters juggle multiple duties while carving out a niche for themselves.
