Tara Stevens was the Online Editor for the Spring 2000 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism. Paddling into Cyberspace
After four years of choppy waters, CANOE is steering a course toward real journalism
“Spin Doctors” hit the cyber-stands on Sunday, December 12, 1999. At 12:01 a.m., the article was posted as the lead feature on Canadian Online Explorer, the national news and information website. Veteran investigative journalist Wayne MacPhail and executive producer of CANOE’s health area, Paul Benedetti, had been tracking the story – hyped as Canada’s first-ever […]
