Barry Hertz was the Front of Book Editor for the Summer 2006 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism. Being John Ibbitson
Two powerful ideologies are battling for the Globe writer's mind, making him one of the most provocative and respected political columnists in the country
John Ibbitson’s evening is spiralling out of control – and there’s nothing he can do but sit back and smile. It’s a cold November night at the University of Toronto’s Innis College, and Ibbitson, The Globe and Mail’s national political affairs columnist, is in the middle of a book-tour-turned-verbal-slug fest. Ibbitson grips his leather chair […]
It’s Not News to Her
How Canadian correspondent Samantha Bee sinks her barbs into The Daily Show's satire
“Is there a Mrs. Anti-Gay Crusader in your life?” The reporter sitting across from Palm Beach congressional candidate Ed Heeney seems determined to get her question answered. Heeney, his tropical shirt drenched in sweat, raises his eyebrows. The slender reporter, dirty blonde hair neatly tucked behind her head, a light pink shirt peeking through a […]
