• The Toronto Women's March on Washington assembles in Nathan Phillips Square. Image courtesy H.G. Watson.

    Drawing a line between the personal and the professional when it comes to protest

    This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign By Katrina Clarke I didn’t march. When tens of thousands of people packed the streets of Toronto for the Women’s March on January 21, I wasn’t there. Not because I don’t support women’s rights, LGBTQ rights or reproductive rights, but because, as a journalist, I knew my…

  • The Independent reports on journalist and editor Justin Brake being named in an arrest order. Screenshot by J-Source.

    What led to a journalist covering Muskrat Falls being named in a court order?

    By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor When a group of protesters in Muskrat Falls in Labrador cut the locks on the gate of a controversial hydroelectric project and marched in, journalist Justin Brake followed the story. “I just continued to do my job as a journalist,” he said. As a result, he was among 22 people…