Tag / The Signal
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Unmaking a murderer
Reporting on murder without glorifying the killer -
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The memory puzzle
The uncertainty of memory poses a challenge for narrative journalists -
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A blessed union
Comedy and journalism tie the knot – and what it means for all of us -
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Changing public perceptions of mental illness
Allison Garber was diagnosed in her early 20s, with obsessive-compulsive disorder and general anxiety disorder. Garber was a university-educated, middle-class woman working a prestigious internship in Toronto. On the inside, though, she felt broken and lost. “I was terrified, I… -
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Vanishing City Hall
Dale Bass started her 45-year journalism career in 1973 at the London Free Press. She remembers a bustling newsroom of 185, with two or three city hall reporters. Bass would sometimes be sent to the municipal Committee of Adjustments, which… -
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The worrisome 13 per cent
By Francesca Handy for The Signal Midafternoon on a Tuesday, the food court in Scotia Square shopping centre in Halifax is full of people sitting alone. Professionals working in the area are on their lunch breaks. If they aren’t only…
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