Hayley Citron was the Online Editor for the Summer 2008 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism. Heart Transplant
Open Medicine aims to restore editorial vitality and credibility to medical journals by cutting out pharmaceutical ads and paid subscriptions. But will this bold operation improve its chances of survival?
On a wet morning in late November, Anita Palepu, co-editor of Open Medicine (OM), tries to connect her laptop to the overhead monitor in the boardroom at the Centre for Global eHealth Innovation inside the Toronto General Hospital’s R. Fraser Elliott building. About 30 OM board members mingle around her, introduce themselves to one another […]
Judgement Day
When Paula Todd was a TVO talk-show host she was both a shoulder to cry on and a tough interrogator. On her new CTV legal program The Verdict, she emphasizes the latter, tossing her acerbic opinion into the mix just to watch the fur fly
Paula Todd sits at a table in a CTV studio room. She wears a smart black suit and pink blouse, with a string of pearls around her neck. Her blond hair frames her strong cheek bones. The tag line for the Wednesday, October 17 edition of The Verdict with Paula Todd reads: “Aggressive Panhandlers.” The […]
