David Pratt was the Associate Editor for the Spring 2007 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism. Dying for Good Journalism
More reporters are being murdered than ever before. And on this issue, there’s no good news in sight.
The world’s journalists have a problem, and it’s murder. The international death toll of journalists is reported to be increasing at a staggering rate, according to an extensive report released by the International News Safety Institute (INSI) earlier this month. The INSI, a non-profit coalition of media organizations, press freedom groups, unions and humanitarian campaigners based in […]
Leading Men
Power! Influence! Drama! Pulling back the curtain on four of Toronto's top theatre critics
The theatre performance du jour in Toronto is Soulpepper’s adaptation of Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker. Having just finished their opening night performance, the three actors return to the stage to take their bows. A sparse standing ovation springs up for the 2005 Nobel Prize winner’s 1959 classic. The audience members process what they’ve seen. “That […]
