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To kick off our On Civil Society 2019 season, we're bringing world-renowned journalist Maria Ressa to the Toronto Reference Library for a special discussion with CBC's Adrienne Arsenault on the state of press freedom around the world. Maria Ressa was named Time 2018 Person of the Year alongside several other journalists "for taking great risks…
In journalism today, the only constant is constant change. The need to innovate is greater than ever before, as powerful new tech tools alter the way we connect and communicate. Join two of journalism’s top innovators and changemakers in a discussion about the challenges and opportunities in driving news innovation. Aron Pilhofer is the James…
You learn a thing or two about how to conduct good interviews after doing roughly 14,000 of them on live television. We'll sit down with long-time BNN anchor Howard Green, whose latest book, Railroader: The Unfiltered Genius and Controversy of Four-time CEO Hunter Harrison, chronicles the life of legendary hard-ass and rail savant Hunter Harrison.…
The cannabis industry’s influence is far-reaching, affecting public health and safety, policy-making, the economy and talk of a ‘pot-com’ bubble. As various issues get worked out post-legalization, what challenges do journalists face in informing the public in a responsible manner? Join our speakers focussed on cannabis coverage: Megan Henderson, executive producer ofTheGrowthOp.com, Manisha Krishnan, senior writer and…
A panel discussion featuring Daniel Dale - Washington Bureau Chief, the Toronto Star Laura Stone - Queen's Park Reporter, the Globe and Mail Supriya Dwivedi - Co-Host, The Morning Show, AM 640 Toronto Moderated by Richard Warnica - Webster McConnell Fellow at Massey College and a feature writer at the National Post
Join us for the Emerging Leaders in Publishing Summit and our signature evening event featuring Connie Walker and Ryan McMahon. Connie Walker is an award-winning investigative reporter and host of the CBC News podcast, MISSING & MURDERED. In 2017, Missing & Murdered: Who killed Alberta Williams? won the RTDNA’s Adrienne Clarkson Award and was nominated…
Tanya Talaga focuses on Indigenous issues and investigative reporting. She has been part of two teams that won project of the year National Newspaper Awards. Nominated four times at the Michener Awards for public service journalism, she was named the Atkinson Fellow for public policy in 2017. She will be talking about her books, Seven Fallen…
On the ground around the world, The Globe and Mail’s foreign correspondents give voices to citizens facing injustice and tell the stories that need to be told in a fearless pursuit of the truth. Mark MacKinnon’s international coverage for The Globe has brought him from Moscow to the Middle East to Beijing. Join the seven-time National Newspaper Award…
How is it that chop suey can be found in virtually every small town in Canada? Is chop suey "authentic?" What does it mean to tie one's livelihood to ancestral food, which forms the heart and soul of life in so many immigrant households? Join Toronto author and Globe and Mail journalist Ann Hui in…
Join award-winning journalist and author Tanya Talaga as she explores the chasm between seeing and saying through the lens of her research into the deaths of seven Indigenous students in Thunder Bay. Where are we now? How do we move forward? What role should journalism play? The event will be moderated by APTN journalist Francine…