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 Jonah Brunet

Former Vancouver Magazine editor Michael White fundraising to treat incurable condition

Former Vancouver Magazine editor Michael White fundraising to treat incurable condition

Though journalism is often a competitive profession, White’s situation proves that it can be communal as well

When former Vancouver Magazine editor Michael White began his fundraising campaign last Sunday—$4,000 for travel and accommodations to visit the Spasmodic Torticollis Recovery Clinic in Santa Fe, New Mexico—he expected it to take at least a month. Twenty-four hours later, he’d raised more than he asked for, and the donations just kept coming. Now, at […]

 Davide Mastracci

Headlines on the suicide bombing in Beirut are dehumanizing

Headlines on the suicide bombing in Beirut are dehumanizing

The New York Times has since corrected its headline, but some Canadian publications haven't

At least 43 people were killed by a double suicide bombing in a residential area of Beirut yesterday, an attack for which ISIL has since claimed responsibility. The New York Times initially reported the story with this headline, causing an uproar on Twitter. Reuters also ran with a similar headline. ISIS blows up crowd of […]

 Sydney Hamilton

Monocle magazine: “Only old people think print is dead”

Monocle magazine: “Only old people think print is dead”

While the majority of magazines are shifting to digital, Monocle is thriving as a print magazine

Tyler Brûlé and Andrew Tuck launched Monocle in 2007 as a global, general interest print magazine. Many people were skeptical of a magazine going against the tide–launching print in the alleged digital age. But Monocle’s circulation numbers continue to grow at a fast pace. “As circulations were in decline for a number of magazines, we […]

 Davide Mastracci

The McGill Daily acknowledges its location on unceded indigenous territory

The McGill Daily acknowledges its location on unceded indigenous territory

Student newspapers often lead the way in crafting ethical journalism

The McGill Daily, a student newspaper at McGill University, has taken a commendable step toward acknowledging the role journalism institutions in Canada have played in perpetuating discrimination against indigenous people. A land acknowledgement, reading “The McGill Daily is located on unceded Kanien’Keha:Ka territory” is prominently displayed on the top-left corner of the Daily’s homepage, under the […]

 Anda Zeng

How to be a one-man newsroom

How to be a one-man newsroom

For 10 weeks, Peter Lozinski produced a newspaper averaging 44 pages, ran its website and built its social media presence

For his 23rd birthday, Peter Lozinski received a newspaper. The Cold Lake Sun, to be exact. To be even more specific, the responsibility of single-handedly producing a weekly paper that serves a population of 15,000. For 10 brutal weeks this year, Lozinski was running a one-man newsroom. Lozinski was hired as a reporter for the […]

 Fatima Syed

Is Viceland the future of television journalism?

Is Viceland the future of television journalism?

Vice Media is re-imagining the nature of broadcasting and television advertising for the millennials in a risky endeavor

Coming soon to a television near you: drugs, multicultural robots and foreign places. A year ago, Rogers announced a three-year $100 million content, studio and distribution partnership with Vice Media to produce daily news and long-form content like documentaries on food, fashion, technology and sports. Yesterday, this become a reality as the official trailer for the 24-hour specialty […]

 Davide Mastracci

Scaachi Koul faced some legitimate criticism that shouldn’t be ignored

Scaachi Koul faced some legitimate criticism that shouldn’t be ignored

Fatima Syed's blog post lacks the level of nuance needed when discussing race and representation

My fellow blog editor Fatima Syed wrote an important blog post yesterday responding to the Twitter debate regarding BuzzFeed Canada senior writer Scaachi Koul’s appearance on The National. I agree with the main argument put across in Syed’s post: we need to fight for newsroom diversity in order to allow more women of colour to […]

 Fatima Syed

We need to talk about female journalists of colour

We need to talk about female journalists of colour

How a panel on Trudeau's cabinet decision became a debate about the racial appearance of a female journalist

As with many things on the internet, it all started with someone stating their 140-character opinion about something they had watched. what else do i need to do here pic.twitter.com/zi8HpLpOA7 — Scaachi (@Scaachi) November 2, 2015 The comment was made in regard to Scaachi Koul’s appearance during a segment on The National about affirmative action in Prime […]

 Davide Mastracci

Canadian journalists must support Vice’s fight against the RCMP

Canadian journalists must support Vice’s fight against the RCMP

An attack on VICE’s right to freedom of the press is an attack on the right to freedom of the press for all

Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers entered Vice Canada’s offices in Toronto and Montreal in February. The officers served Vice with a production order–similar to a search warrant–demanding “any notes and all records of communication” between Vice reporter Ben Makuch and an ISIL militant. Makuch interviewed the Canadian ISIL militant, Farah Mohamed Shirdon, through Kik Messenger […]

 Fatima Syed

Farewell, Richard “Badger” Brennan

Farewell, Richard “Badger” Brennan

After 43 years, five premiers and many, many stories, the Toronto Star’s Richard Brennan is retiring today as one of Canada’s longest-serving political reporters

Richard Brennan has never called a premier by anything other than his first name. Keith Leslie, long-time Canadian Press reporter covering Ontario politics and the Statler to Brennan’s Waldorf at Queen’s Park, remembers coming back to Toronto from Ottawa the morning after former Premier Dalton McGuinty won the election in 2003.  They got on a bus at the […]

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