Shh!
The Code of Silence Award shines a light on government secrecy
On May 9, 2004, during the 26th annual Canadian Association of Journalists’s awards ceremony in Vancouver, Health Canada received one of the CAJ’s most illustrious awards. While all the nominees were worthy, said CAJ vice-president Michelle MacAfee during her presentation speech, it was Health Canada that truly went above and beyond the call of duty in […]
An Ellie Column a Day Keeps the Woes Away
Since Ellie stepped into Ann Landers' shoes, everyone has been looking to her for a bit of advice
When I walk into Ellie Tesher’s office at The Toronto Star building, I feel I’ve entered a therapist’s lounge. I spot a blue couch to the left and picture individuals waiting their turn to spill their guts to the woman known to most readers simply as Ellie. I follow behind her slender 5’6″ frame into her personal […]
A Mag to Call Their Own
Do The Canadian Military Journal and The Maple Leaf really give soldiers a place to express themselves?
“In my 20 years in the military, I’d seen a lot,” says Dr. Barry Armstrong, “but this was something you can’t forget – or forgive.” Twelve years after it happened, Armstrong is still fighting for the truth to come out about the Somalia Inquiry. In 1993, he was the doctor who examined the body of […]
More Than a Love of Craft
Journalists dish on the pleasures and the pitfalls of romance in the biz
Michelle Shephard wasn’t thinking about love when she met Jim Rankin on her first day of reporting for The Toronto Star in 1995. Actually, the summer student was swearing in her car, banging her steering wheel, and idling in a driveway. She was on deadline and didn’t know how to unlock the gate of the company parking […]
The Science of Cool
Seed makes science too cool for school
Remember your high school science teachers, the lab-coat-wearing nerds who always said, “Science is all around you”? It might be an illuminating statement, but it never helped you remember the periodic table any faster or identify the inner workings of a formaldehyde frog, now did it? Still, you suspected then – as you now know […]
FOX News
—goes well with tequila shots
Find out about the Bill O’Reilly drinking game. Is The Comedy Network not doing it for you? Do you like the laughs but wish it had more politics, more current events, more outrageous personalities? Are you okay with lots of yelling, loud music, and flashy graphics? Then I have great news for you; Canada’s getting another […]
Short Change
More and more papers charge for online content, but is that really where the money is?
There’s now a fee for what once was free. It wasn’t that long ago that you could sit down at your computer, type in the URL of your favourite Canadian daily, and get all your news for free. Try that nowadays and there’s a good chance you’ll be asked to enter your credit card number […]
Fear Factor
War is more dangerous for correspondents than ever before, says veteran CBC reporter Brian Stewart. But while fear can be a liability on the front lines, it can also keep you alive
I’ve known foreign correspondents who confess to becoming so addicted to war, they feel lost without a new one to cover. Although I spent a decade in and out of conflict zones, I never had that problem. The Fear Factor, as well as aging, saw to that. It never caused me to flee a war […]
