Marta Iwanek was the Multimedia Editor for the Winter 2012 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism. Northern Revival
Wanted: Reporter determined to show the South the new North. Enter Paul Watson, the Toronto Star and the cash to get the job done
Paul Watson wends his rented car along the picturesque Alaska Highway. Past Carcross, he keeps heading south on a road that hugs a towering mountain to the right with blue snow-capped mountains across a grey lake to the left. The rain gently pitter-patters and the windshield wipers do not change their slow, steady pace. Country […]
If You Can’t Make Journalism Profitable, Make It Not-for-Profit
The Canadian Centre for Investigative Reporting, this country’s pioneer of non-profit investigative journalism, models itself on successful US groups such as ProPublica, but the charitable funds just don't match up
A few of Hamilton’s top-ranking police officers and their communications director gather in the Mulberry Street Coffeehouse, as rain gently falls outside on an August morning. They are still in uniform, hats off, looking relaxed as they joke with each other and ease into their chairs in a secluded corner. As investigative journalist and Canadian […]
Canadian journalist incites controversy after leaving CTV
Until last Thursday, Kai Nagata was the CTV Quebec City Bureau Chief at the tender age of 24. By the weekend, he had the Canadian news industry talking and the Twitter world buzzing when he quit a job many could only dream of and published a 3,000 word manifesto on his blog about why. “I […]
