Carla Wintersgill was the Editor for the Spring 2008 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism. Everyone’s a reporter
Three years and 10 million dollars later, has so-called citizen journalism site NowPublic.com democratized the news gathering process? Not exactly...
After receiving a US $10.6 million windfall of venture capital financing in July 2007, NowPublic.com co-founder and CEO Leonard Brody boldly promised that in 18 months the participatory news site would be “by reach, the largest news agency in the world.” The small Vancouver start-up that began as an experiment in co-founder Michael Tippett’s garage, […]
Killer Smile
Why you shouldn't mess with Mesley
Wendy Mesley sits on a couch with Sarah Mulvihill in Brockville, Ontario in February 2005 to interview her for an episode of Marketplace. Mulvihill, 30, has blue eyes and chin-length, feathered blond hair. Six years earlier Mulvihill was one of the first Canadians to be prescribed Diane-35, a pill for severe acne. Mulvihill was told that […]
