Morgan Passi

The Price is Right

The Price is Right

Nothing says scientific research like polling a group of magazine insiders during happy hour. This past week, at the Ryerson Review of Journalism’s Friends of the Review fundraising gala, Morgan Passi asked, “What magazine would you pay for online?”

    Paul McLaughlin, freelance journalist  Vanity Fair and Maclean’s I’m a huge Vanity Fair fan. Maclean’s, despite its political leanings, has improved incredibly since [editor] Ken Whyte took over. So I like it very much. I think it used to be a pretty boring magazine. Even though I don’t have the same political leanings as Whyte, I think it’s […]

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Death Watch

Death Watch

With 97 Canadian soldiers already dead in Afghanistan, Morgan Passi finds that just preparing to cover the 100th death stirs emotions among journalists

Lynda Shorten, executive producer for CBC Radio’s As It Happens, exits a news meeting upset. After a  wave of deaths among Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan, management at the public broadcaster is asking: What are we going to do for the 100th death? Almost a month later, I’m in her office. I’ve worked at the show and know Shorten […]