Category / Field Notes
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Focusing on Jack Layton: How working in smaller markets prepared one reporter to cover one of the biggest stories of the year
CBC Videographer Charlsie Agro was called up from Windsor to work in Toronto this summer. Little did she know she'd be covering one of the biggest stories of the year, the death…
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My first summer job in news
David Hedley’s first job at a community newspaper in 1980 dashed any illusions his younger-self had about the glory of work as a journalist. It also taught the future Calgary Herald web…
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Beam me up Scotty: The struggle to cover health and science in daily news
CTV Health Reporter Karen Owen shares the challenges of covering highly complicated health and science stories within the confines of television news.
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A riot just broke out. Now what?
When the Canucks lost the cup, reporters covering the game found themselves in the middle of a riot. Dana Lacey tells us how two Vancouver newsrooms, The Province and Global TV BC,…
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The bear facts: A local story goes viral, and speaks volumes about the state of broadcast news
In 2009 the story of a bear sighting in Cleveland became world famous. Not because of the bear, but because of the way the story was covered. Field Notes editor Nicole Blanchett…
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Global News liveblogs from frontlines of Afghanistan
Global News pulled a first-ever last night when it liveblogged from the frontlines of Afghanistan for an hour.
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The bear facts: A local story goes viral, and speaks volumes about the state of broadcast news
In 2009 the story of a bear sighting in Cleveland became world famous. Not because of the bear, but because of the way the story was covered. Field Notes editor Nicole Blanchett…
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Five questions for Patrick Brown
Patrick Brown is this year’s Canadian Journalism Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award winner. After being selected from more than 50 nominations, he’ll receive the award at tonight’s 14th annual awards gala. We caught…
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Five questions for Robert MacNeil
Robert MacNeil’s four-decade long journalism career is full of well-deserved accolades. Now, the former NewsHour host will add another to the list. J-Source talks to tonight’s Canadian Journalism Annual Awards Gala Honorary…
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APTN sharpens its investigative chops
From a tip about a former advisor in the PMO’s office to one of the juiciest political scandals of the year. David McKie talks with Paul Barnsley, executive producer of APTN Investigates…