Alex Gillis

Intern at Your Own Risk

Look kid, here's the deal. Three months general assignment. Sink or swim. And by the way, where's my muffin?

n the box, all hell may break loose. A 15-by-10-foot room in The Toronto Star newsroom, the box is a netherworld filled with photos of dead people, mug shots of killers and old press releases about Paul Bernardo. A counter circles the room stacked with electronics: seven radio scanners, two computers, two telephones, a television, […]