The secret relationship between reporters and spies
Security intelligence agencies are increasingly powerful in the age of global surveillance—and for investigative journalists, the job is now harder than ever
By Krystyna Henke It’s about 10 o’clock on a Friday morning in October 2009 when Dru Jay hears a knock. He throws on some clothes and opens the door of his Montreal apartment. A man and a woman stand in front of him. Jay stares at a badge that reads “CSIS.” The visitors ask to come in. He refuses. […]
Endangered species: why we’ll miss radio documentaries when they’re gone
Steve Wadhams proves that despite budget cuts and declining audience members, storytelling through sound is still powerful
Steve Wadhams is editing and layering the voices for a CBC radio documentary about the persecution of Italian Jews during the Second World War for his show, Living Out Loud. His office in the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto is small and the door is open. The foot traffic of radio colleagues out in the […]
The Canadian Jewish News makes a comeback
By Krystyna Henke The Canadian Jewish News seems to be one of those improbable miracles—a phoenix rising from the ashes—thanks to an extraordinarily vocal and determined community that would not let its weekly go extinct. Last spring, the community publication, with offices in Toronto and Montreal, a circulation of almost 42,000 and an estimated readership of 100,000, […]