Gena Smith was the Head of Research for the Spring 2007 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism. In From the Cold
After travelling the globe to cover hard news—from bitter chocolate to the Rwandan genocide — Carol Off came home to take over As It Happens. But, people wondered, could she possibly enjoy the show’s trademark soft interviews? They should have heard her on the pelican that swallowed a pigeon
Late one morning last October, Carol Off, the new host of CBC Radio One’s evening flagship As It Happens, prepares to interview Zemedkun Teckle, spokesperson for the Ethiopia Ministry of Information. Ensconced in a recording studio in the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in downtown Toronto, she dons her headset. The wall behind her features a groovy […]
Where Angels Fear to Tread
geez magazine has been tackling tough questions about Christianity since it launched in 2005. But its activist attitude may not be enough
When Will Braun attends Hope Mennonite Church in Winnipeg, he sits right at the back, where he feels most comfortable. Braun, a left-leaning activist, organic farmer, and editor of geez magazine — a quarterly launched in December 2005 — was raised in the southern Manitoba Bible Belt and felt frustrated with the insularity of the Church. “But […]
