Jenny Vaughan was the Editor for the Summer 2010 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism. Why Didn’t I Know this Africa?
What Canadian newspapers too often don’t show you
In the 1970s, there was Idi Amin. The vicious dictator made big news in the West with his brutal murders, rapes and torture of Ugandan citizens. Amin was ousted in 1979 and a few years of further instability ensued. In 1986, the current president, Yoweri Museveni, took over. The Globe and Mail praised him for […]
Why Didn’t I Know this Africa?
What Canadian newspapers too often don’t show you
In the 1970s, there was Idi Amin. The vicious dictator made big news in the West with his brutal murders, rapes and torture of Ugandan citizens. Amin was ousted in 1979 and a few years of further instability ensued. In 1986, the current president, Yoweri Museveni, took over. The Globe and Mail praised him for being part […]
The Sky is Not Falling!
The folks at the National Post, Montreal’s The Gazette and the Ottawa Citizen can breathe a huge sigh of relief today because it doesn’t look like they’ll be closing up shop in the near future, as has been predicted in recent weeks. The Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail reported today that a group […]
Taking the ‘free’ out of ‘freelance’
This week, the Committee to Protect Journalists reported that freelance writers, editors and photojournalists currently make up 45 percent of all journalists jailed worldwide. The statistic is unnerving, but not all that surprising considering how few resources freelancers have to protect themselves. Joel Simon of Slate.com points out that most of the prisoners are online journalists. This highlights the […]
The Young and the Faceless
Underage offenders aren't supposed to be identified by the media—or anyone else—but the Youth Criminal Justice Act's intent is lost in cyberspace. Is it time to rethink the YCJA?
When the round-faced girl with a downturned mouth and long, limp brown hair sat before a Toronto court last July and tearfully apologized for her role in Stefanie Rengel’s murder, journalists in the room knew they had to be very careful in their reporting. Bound by the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA), they were prohibited […]
