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When journalists go to the ‘dark side’
Scott Sutherland spent 14 years of his journalism career in a small, hot office with no windows in the basement of the B.C. parliament buildings, close to the old jail cells. His new office, just a few blocks away, has… -
A PC majority in Alberta: The narrative the media missed
Surging Wildrose vs. a disenchanted PC dynasty: It was an aggressive narrative the media wanted so badly to be true that we—encouraged by dependable polls—urged it along. As Zoey Duncan reports, it wasn’t until the ballot boxes were counted that… -
A closer look at Alberta election coverage: tweeters, bloggers and mainstream context
Zoey Duncan explains that though bloggers and tweeters directed much of the coverage of the Alberta provincial election, when it came to mainstream media, amongst all the digital pageantry and Wildrose boosterism, one thing was conspicuously sparse in the coverage—context.… -
Sixth down after seven months: PM’s latest communications chief resigns
Angelo Persichilli, the latest person to run Prime Minister Stephen Harper's communications office has stepped down, telling the Globe and Mail that he "couldn't handle that kind of stress". [node:ad] Last September, Persichilli, then 63, left his jobs… -
Jane Taber celebrated, leaving the Hill to head the Globe’s Atlantic bureau
After more than 20 years of reporting from Parliament Hill, Jane Taber is leaving Ottawa and heading to Halifax. The 53-year-old Globe and Mail reporter is trading in her parliamentary press pass to head up the Globe’s Atlantic bureau this January.… -
Covering Ontario’s election
Toronto Star staff tackled the polling controversy, the ethics of voting, and the plethora of sports cliches in political writing at a panel at Toronto's Word on the Street. J-Source's Rhiannon Russell reports.… -
Toronto Star endorses NDP; most newspapers choose Conservatives
For the second time in its history, the newspaper that sees itself as a “small “l” liberal newspaper” is endorsing the NDP in Monday’s election. Today’s editorial in the Toronto Star calls on voters to “Look to Jack Layton and… -
Reporter’s questions to Harper drowned out by partisan supporters?
More turbulent relations between journalists and Stephen Harper on the campaign trail. A crowed of partisan supporters apparently led by Conservative staffers, created shouting chaos when CBC’s Terry Milewski pressed Harper with followup questions. The incident, in Mississauga on Saturday,… -
CBC Ombudsman weighs in on decision to exclude May from leaders’ debate
CBC Ombudsman Kirk LaPointe has added his voice to the Elizabeth May uproar. While LaPointe has decided not to conduct a review into the Canadian broadcast consortium’s decision to exclude the Green Party from the televised leaders’ debate, despite what… -
When enough is enough
Press gallery journalists across the nation are calling for an end to Harper’s history of information control. Photojournalists, documentary filmmakers and scientists are among those suffering the chill. Even the Taxpayers are ticked. A joint op-ed calls on…
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