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 and music. His new book, Nowhere With You: The East Coast Anthems of Joel Plaskett, The Emergency and Thrush Hermit is about Plaskett’s…
By Erin Sylvester I’m not a good flier. I get motion sick and nervous, and that’s when boarding a nice, steady jet. But to get to the remote, fly-in community of Peawanuck, Ontario, in mid-October to report for my feature in the RRJ, I had to get on two flights—the second in a tiny single-propeller…
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor [<a href=”//storify.com/jsource/has-media-coverage-of-lgbt-issues-changed” target=”_blank”>View the story “Has media coverage of LGBT issues changed?” on Storify</a>] H.G. Watson can be reached at hgwatson@j-source.ca or on Twitter.
By Kathy English for the Toronto Star It has long been the Toronto Star’s policy not to name the victims of alleged sexual assault. That is in line with provisions of Canada’s Criminal Code, which makes a ban on publication of the identity of a sexual assault complainant mandatory if requested by the Crown or…
By Sylvia Stead, for the Globe and Mail On Friday afternoon, a failed attempt to be clever in a blurb on a Facebook posting sparked the wrath of many readers. It was about an amazing survival story that showed the courage and resourcefulness of two men and a teenager lost in a blizzard on Baffin Island. Nunavut…
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor It’s an old saw that we are all familiar with by now: newsrooms are shrinking; beats are dying; young people entering the workforce have few, and precarious, options in front of them and boy, don’t people sure love lists? In the face of what we can agree is a rapidly…
By Anda Zeng I slipped the idea in at the bottom of my brainstorm list last summer: “Diversity in the newsroom.” Typed tentatively. Meant for suggestion, then disposal. Timeliness was its main adversary, in my mind. Racial inequality mattered to me personally, but surely the story had already been told, explored, examined—whichever word journalists use…
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor A revitalized Canadian media foundation is bringing top investigative reporters from across North America to Toronto in May. Robert Cribb, a foreign affairs and investigative reporter for the Toronto Star, is the president of Veritas, a “journalism foundation that creates and supports professional development for journalists in Canada,” according to…
By Carine Abouseif I have to admit, it wasn’t my idea to write a profile of Steve Paikin, who is known for many things, mainly his TVO program The Agenda, but also for moderating federal and provincial debates, among other things. Tim Falconer, the Review’s instructor had wanted to run a profile of Paikin for…
Here’s our regular update on the moves, hires and promotions in Canadian journalism for Mar. 24 to Apr. 6. Remember to notify us of any journalism job news on Twitter and with the hashtag #cdnmediamoves. [<a href=”//storify.com/jsource/media-on-the-move-5704276dbd8ad01c7141668e” target=”_blank”>View the story “Media on the Move: Mar. 24 to Apr. 6” on Storify</a>]