Arielle Piat-Sauve

Tongue-Tied

Tongue-Tied

My ears were buzzing from the latest news: two female protesters had interrupted the annual anti-abortion March for Life on Parliament Hill—topless. The senior producer at CBC News Network’s Power & Politics with Evan Solomon wanted me to get both women, who were part of the feminist group FEMEN, in the studio as soon as possible. […]

 Arielle Piat-Sauve

Breaking Bad

Breaking Bad

Six journalists. Five newsrooms. One massive Montreal corruption scandal

Six journalists. Five newsrooms. One massive Montreal corruption scandal

 Simon Bredin

The Inside Man

The Inside Man

Evan Solomon was an outsider with plans for a new kind of political television, but Ottawa’s toxic partisan culture changed his show—and him

Evan Solomon was an outsider with plans for a new kind of political television, but Ottawa’s toxic partisan culture changed his show—and him

 Jennifer Joseph

Talk is Cheap

Talk is Cheap

Supporters say streeters show us what the public thinks. Critics call them lazy journalism. What are they really worth?

Supporters say streeters show us what the public thinks. Critics call them lazy journalism. What are they really worth?

 Ryerson Review of Journalism

TEASER: The Harder They Fall

TEASER: The Harder They Fall

Here is a sneak peek at one story from our Spring 2015 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism magazine.

 Stephanie Girardi & Arielle Piat Sauvé

The Harder They Fall

The Harder They Fall

When Alberta reporters revealed a series of Alison Redford’s scandals, it created a domino effect and sent her tumbling out of office

When Alberta reporters revealed a series of Alison Redford’s scandals, it created a domino effect and sent her tumbling out of office

 Aimee O'Connor

Kamloops no longer has a daily paper, but it’s no town without news

Kamloops no longer has a daily paper, but it’s no town without news

When the Daily News shut down, it deprived residents of the B.C. city of their regular routine, but not of journalism

By Aimee O’Connor With a ceremonial click of a button, Mel Rothenburger, who’d retired as editor-in-chief in 2012, simultaneously put to bed the last issue of the Kamloops Daily News and an 80-year-old tradition. The front page headline on the January 11 edition read, “I really don’t know what I’m going to do when there’s […]

 Amanda Panacci

The coming ethical battle over reporting with drones

The coming ethical battle over reporting with drones

Journalists are excited about the possibilities offered by the technology, but the public is wary

By Amanda Panacci It began with an aerial shot of a wheat field. The September 24 lead story on CBC’s The National recounted the horrific murder of three Aboriginal boys near Pefferlaw, Ontario, more than five decades ago. But the brief, beautiful opening visual was noteworthy because it was the first shot aired from CBC’s […]

 Amy Grief

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Nova Scotia’s The Chronicle Herald breaks the ban and publishes her name on November 24. Her father praises the Chronicle Herald for its decision and on Friday, he writes a passionate opinion piece on CBC.ca about his disdain for the lingering ban on his daughter’s name. For him, it’s about justice and opening up a conversation […]

 Arielle Piat-Sauve

CBC v. CBC: the fifth estate on the unmaking of Jian Ghomeshi

CBC v. CBC: the fifth estate on the unmaking of Jian Ghomeshi

For weeks now, everyone wondered how CBC would cover the downfall of its own golden boy. “Our story tonight is not an easy one to tell. Many of those you’ll hear from are our colleagues. But we are telling it because five weeks after Jian Ghomeshi was fired, important questions still have no answers: what […]