The Toronto Star’s coverage of embattled Mayor Rob Ford, who admitted to smoking crack cocaine, helped stabilize fourth-quarter profits at parent company Torstar Corp., according to publisher John Cruickshank. His remarks are noteworthy, given that editor Michael Cooke had earlier said the Star had lost half a million in business and subscribers due its Ford coverage.
Vernon, who works as a reporter for Global Edmonton, has been promoted to the network’s provincial affairs reporter in Alberta. He replaces Vassy Kapelos, who joined Global National in Ottawa in December.
An anonymous email to the Toronto Star's newsroom led to several exclusive stories about the inner workings of Canada's Conservative party. Public editor Kathy English explains why the newspaper published this confidential information.
Robyn Doolittle, one of three reporters to view the video of Mayor Ford allegedly smoking crack cocaine, will be giving a talk followed by a Q & A. Doolittle is a Toronto Star reporter and the author of the upcoming book, Crazy Town.
Journalists on the politics beat have been known to become government staffers and lobbyists eventually. So it's reasonable to assume, Sean Holman writes, that given the instability of the news industry, some journalists may increasingly come to see the subjects of their stories as potential employers. In doing so, those same journalists may come to wonder…
If you just report what a politician says, you get called nothing more than a lackey or a mindless stenographer. Report on whether the politician got the facts right, and you’ll likely be called a biased, partisan hack. Here, Torontoist editor-in-chief Hamutal Dotan explains why her news outlet fact-checked the mayor.
Postmedia Network has laid off five parliamentary bureau staff and the remaining four staff members and manager Christina Spencer will join the Ottawa Citizen’s national political desk. Meanwhile, the Citizen is offering buyouts to its editorial staff.
With the federal budget upon us next week, Ellen Russell, a journalism professor at Wilfrid Laurier University and former senior economist at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives in Ottawa, offers her tips for journalists preparing to break down the budget and find the real stories within the government’s slick talking points.
Tom Marshall, interim premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, has announced that three independent experts will review the province’s controversial access-to-information law, The Canadian Press reported.
Toronto Star columnist Tim Harper talks about access to information and the evolving relationship between politicians and the media in the latest installment of Wilfrid Laurier University's Journalism Symposium in Brantford, Ont. 1 p.m. ET.