New York Times going Deep with its latest project
At first glance, Beta620 sounds especially nefarious—perhaps, the name of a chemical substance that will turn us all into Republicans, or a Bond movie plot to destroy United Nations HQ. But in truth, it’s the code name for The New York Times’ experimental projects group. That such a group even exists is a sign that the direction […]
News over noise
Tony Burman gestures to the projector screen to his left, and it floods with riot footage from the Egyptian revolt against former president Hosni Mubarak. Al Jazeera’s cameras captured scenes that make Toronto’s G20 look like a playground squabble: mobs trying to topple a police van into the Nile, civilians shot while carrying bodies out of the […]
NBC: Brian, please don’t gawk at the Lana-mals
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams is making news himself for once, after an email correspondence critical of his own network was posted online for all to see. In a private email to Gawker editor Nick Denton sent on January 15 (the pair are apparently friends), Williams criticized the popular media and gossip blog for not featuring enough TV content on […]
Battered and biased
This hasn’t been the most exemplary week for our craft. It’s a week in which popular Independent columnist Johann Hari officially left his job because of plagiarism; in which disgraced journalist (and storyteller) Stephen Glass may be licensed to practise law; in which Rush Limbaugh proposed an investigation into the personal life of the ABC News journalist who had the […]
That Was Then, This Is Now: Dale Brazao
“That Was Then, This Is Now” explores the beginnings of some of Canada’s favourite writers and journalists “In Grade 12, my English teacher came to me and said The Sault Star was putting together something called the Teen Page,” says the Toronto Star’s award-winning investigative reporter Dale Brazao, remembering his first experience in journalism. Every Friday, the paper […]
Covering suicide with care
On Friday, December 9, 2011, The Globe and Mail published a story called “How the taboo on reporting suicide met its end,” regarding journalistic coverage of teen suicide. The article looked at the pros of suicide news coverage, including the ability for such stories to raise awareness. But there were also cons, including the potential for such stories to […]
Are ethnically diverse covers finally in vogue?
An article posted on The Guardian’s women’s blog recently highlighted an interesting British magazine trend. According to writer Anita Chaudhuri, more U.K. women’s magazines are featuring women of colour on their covers, including InStyle (U.K.) and Psychologies. Chaudhuri wonders if this means magazines are becoming more diverse. While there has certainly been a shift in recent years, there is still a predominantly Caucasian […]
Another reason to be wary of journalists
Last week The Globe and Mail gave the general public another reason to be wary of journalists. In a front-page story, the Globe stated that there had been a reversal in a policy regarding same-sex couples who travelled to Canada to marry. But this was not exactly the case, as pointed out by Kevin Kindred in a J-Source article. It turns out […]
The Big Bad Wolf isn’t so big and bad
“There’s a part of this book, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, where there’s this wolf, who’s a smart aleck from Brooklyn. The wolf says, ‘There’s a little bit of a misunderstanding. I was going next door to get a cup of sugar ’cause I was making a birthday cake for my granny, and […]
That Was Then, This Is Now: Kate Carraway
“That Was Then, This Is Now” explores the beginnings of some of Canada’s favourite writers and journalists Kate Carraway always thought she was going to be a lawyer. “It seemed to be the thing that made sense,” she says. “I was captain of the debate team and I always got good grades in English and […]
