Harriet Luke

Selling the second-screen experience

Selling the second-screen experience

How CBC’s and Global’s interactive approach keeps stories alive and viewers coming back.

By  Harriet Luke Five medical experts enter the Ideas Room on the third floor of the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in downtown Toronto. They’ve flown in from Saskatchewan, Wisconsin and England to help tackle some complex data. It’s 9 a.m., and the glass-walled room provides a sense of openness as Anita Elash, an associate producer at The […]

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Spring 2014: Second Screen

Spring 2014: Second Screen

Harriet Luke explores the use of interactives in broadcast journalism and how broadcasters are trying to keep their stories alive longer. Read her piece in the Spring 2014 of the RRJ.

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Spring 2014: Cropped

Spring 2014: Cropped

In the Spring 2014 issue, Marilee Devries explores the importance of the agriculture beat, and what coverage Canadians are missing.

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Spring 2014: Michelle Shephard

Spring 2014: Michelle Shephard

Vibhu Gairola uncovers the story behind one of Canada’s most celebrated national security reporters.

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Spring 2014: Sally Armstrong

Spring 2014: Sally Armstrong

In the Spring 2014 issue, Aya Tsintziras explores what Sally Armstrong brought to Canadian women’s magazines.

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Spring 2014: True to Form

In the Spring 2014 issue, Jennifer Cheng looks at journalists turned novelists, and at how reporting influences fiction writing.

By Harriet Luke In the Spring 2014 issue, Jennifer Cheng looks at journalists turned novelists, and at how reporting influences fiction writing.

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The Most Tales: Harvey Cashore

The Most Tales: Harvey Cashore

Harvey Cashore, senior producer of CBC’s investigative unit, tells the Review about an unlikely call that could have cost him his job.

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If local news will be the saviour of Canadian journalism, what are you going to do about it, broadcasters?

If local news will be the saviour of Canadian journalism, what are you going to do about it, broadcasters?

With the Local Programming Improvement Fund set to dry up next year, television networks must find ways to cover news outside big cities without blowing the budget. But cheaper isn't always better

By Harriet Luke Last month, convicted killer Kyle Halbauer talked to reporter Dan Zakreski about how he started dealing cocaine. The exclusive CBC Saskatchewan interview was a revealing look at Saskatoon’s drug trade and it’s the kind of in-depth story that managing director John Agnew would love to do more often. But the report was possible […]

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Media Tour: The Score

Media Tour: The Score

Carly Weeks, health reporter at The Globe and Mail, tells the Review about a heartbreaking conversation between a husband and wife that begs us to question our own mortality.

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The Most Tales: Carly Weeks

The Most Tales: Carly Weeks

Carly Weeks, health reporter at The Globe and Mail, tells the Review about a heartbreaking conversation between a husband and wife that begs us to question our own mortality.