David Pratt

Dying for Good 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 […]

 David Pratt

Leading Men

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 […]