Rachel Hahn was the Senior Editor for the Spring 2007 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism. The Game of the Name
After the Dawson College shootings, four Toronto daily newspapers raced against deadline and each other to get one crucial fact. Here's how two of them got the scoop... and two didn't
It’s mid-morning. Tu Thanh Ha is at work writing a story about a Canadian astronaut’s spacewalk. He’s been up since 4 a.m. covering the event and expects to head home soon from The Globe and Mail‘s four-person bureau in Montreal. As Ha types, The Toronto Star‘s news editor Alan Christie arrives at 1 Yonge Street […]
Birth of The Agenda
A new CEO, a new corporate mandate, fewer staff and less money for programming are all part of a messy upheaval at TVOntario. Despite the tumult, Steve Paikin and team have created an unlikely journalistic success story
Steve Paikin is nervous. It’s a few days before the debut of TVO’s new current affairs show, The Agenda With Steve Paikin. He has spent months preparing for the show, not to mention pursuing the man who now sits in front of him for an interview. The show has made some accommodations to land this […]
