Journalists covering war
Under Fire: Journalists in Combat is a documentary written and directed by Canadian director/writer and novelist Martyn Burke. Burke’s doc, which was shortlisted for an Oscar nomination last year, explores the harsh reality of journalists covering war and conflict in other countries. In an article that appeared in The Globe and Mail, John Doyle writes that the film […]
That Was Then, This Is Now: Peter Mansbridge
“That Was Then, This Is Now” explores the beginnings of some of Canada’s favourite writers and journalists. Peter Mansbridge found a door into journalism just by luck when he went from being a baggage handler to radio announcer as a young man. Mansbridge spent 1966 to ’67, in the Royal Canadian Navy; the following year, at […]
Crime and cover-up
In lieu of giving Rupert Murdoch any more web space, why not turn our attention to glorious Russia for a few moments? The Putin government launched an official probe this week into an independent television station, Dozhd, which covered anti-government protests after the much-questioned parliamentary election last December. Prosecutors have summoned Dozhd’s chief executive, Natalya […]
Sub-Saharan Africa: The other social media revolution
Across North Africa during the Arab Spring, protesters turned to their cellphones to fuel a revolution. They used Twitter and Facebook to organize themselves and chronicle events. While the use of social media is prevalent in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya, in other parts of the continent it’s being used in pre-existing democracies. During Social Media […]
Toronto tops world’s best
A newspaper design competition held by the Society for News Design (SND) has named two of Toronto’s own publications as the world’s best. And the winners are unexpected. In a city where the Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail are two of the biggest and most established newspapers, it’s the smaller underdogs that are […]
Fact-checking Ezra Levant
What’s it like to feel the wrath of Sun News and Ezra Levant? Ryerson University’s journalism program is finding out. Levant interviewed former Ryerson journalism students Derek Kreindler and Adam Culligan to discuss the School of Journalism’s alleged liberal bias—including professor emeritus John Miller’s “Marxist” influence on the program, and the anti-Israel stance of student-run publication the Ryerson […]
Media roundup: Valentine’s Day
When February rolls around, it seems as if every news outlet tries to find a way to accurately tackle the holiday that is honoured by few, humorous to many, and horrendous to most — Valentine’s day. Today we look at how five Toronto news sources managed to pack coverage of love, tears, and candygrams into […]
Ukrainian interrogations through a Canadian lens
A woman sits wearing a parka in an empty room. She watches something—concerned, struck, peering through the gaps between strands of her wet, exhausted curls. Her long eyes are glossy and her lips are parted with a quiver. A young man, hands clasped with every ounce of energy, hope, and desperation, sits; his eyes are […]
Maclean’s releases first e-book
Maclean’s has just completed a multimedia e-book that details its coverage of the Shafia family murder trial. The e-book on the “honour killing” case is 171 pages and includes in-depth interviews, audio clips, video, and document evidence from the trial. It was written by Maclean’s senior writer Michael Friscolanti, who spent three months living in Kingston, […]
The Guardian’s latest hack day projects hope to improve journalism (and football)
It’s easy to forget that newspapers aren’t all words and type—there are, in fact, large armies of software developers and engineers working behind the scenes to develop the mobile apps and websites you see online. Take The Guardian, for instance, which has over 40 employees on its software team alone. Every once in a while, The […]
