Samantha Anderson was the Online Story Editor for the Winter 2012 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism. Northern Contradiction
To most Canadians in the '50s and '60s, Edith Josie of Old Crow, Yukon, was the quaint insider from above the Arctic Circle. But to her fellow Vuntut Gwich'in, she was a strong voice for a better life
Twice a month, Edith Josie lowered her five-foot frame into a chair at her large, plywood kitchen table with pen in hand. Looking out the window at other cabins, all raised on wooden pilings because of permafrost, she lit up a cigarette and started writing in longhand on foolscap with carbon between the sheets. “It […]
Northern Tenacity
Love her or hate her, Genesee Keevil of the Yukon News stands as an example of how the North should cover the North: fearlessly
Five years ago, three Yukon News reporters held a meeting tosee who would cover which political party on election night. Genesee Keevil, who had been at the News for two years, drew the right-of-centre Yukon Party. It wasn’t the short straw. She wanted the assignment, as did others. When she arrived at the conference room […]
Online paper’s one-man newsroom beats established paper by exposing a gutted fire department
Since Gagandeep Ghuman launched The Squamish Reporter, he’s shown that good journalism doesn’t require a large staff—just someone willing to rock the boat
Gagandeep Ghuman’s office in downtown Squamish, British Columbia, regularly consists of a seat in a coffee shop, a cell phone and his laptop. Ghuman is the reporter and editor for his online newspaper, The Squamish Reporter. “It’s a one-man newsroom,” he says. In September of 2010, he wrote and published “Playing with Fire,” a story […]
