Tongue-Tied
My ears were buzzing from the latest news: two female protesters had interrupted the annual anti-abortion March for Life on Parliament Hill—topless. The senior producer at CBC News Network’s Power & Politics with Evan Solomon wanted me to get both women, who were part of the feminist group FEMEN, in the studio as soon as possible. […]
Breaking Bad
Six journalists. Five newsrooms. One massive Montreal corruption scandal
Six journalists. Five newsrooms. One massive Montreal corruption scandal
The Inside Man
Evan Solomon was an outsider with plans for a new kind of political television, but Ottawa’s toxic partisan culture changed his show—and him
Evan Solomon was an outsider with plans for a new kind of political television, but Ottawa’s toxic partisan culture changed his show—and him
Talk is Cheap
Supporters say streeters show us what the public thinks. Critics call them lazy journalism. What are they really worth?
Supporters say streeters show us what the public thinks. Critics call them lazy journalism. What are they really worth?
TEASER: The Harder They Fall
Here is a sneak peek at one story from our Spring 2015 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism magazine.
The Harder They Fall
When Alberta reporters revealed a series of Alison Redford’s scandals, it created a domino effect and sent her tumbling out of office
When Alberta reporters revealed a series of Alison Redford’s scandals, it created a domino effect and sent her tumbling out of office
Kamloops no longer has a daily paper, but it’s no town without news
When the Daily News shut down, it deprived residents of the B.C. city of their regular routine, but not of journalism
By Aimee O’Connor With a ceremonial click of a button, Mel Rothenburger, who’d retired as editor-in-chief in 2012, simultaneously put to bed the last issue of the Kamloops Daily News and an 80-year-old tradition. The front page headline on the January 11 edition read, “I really don’t know what I’m going to do when there’s […]
The coming ethical battle over reporting with drones
Journalists are excited about the possibilities offered by the technology, but the public is wary
By Amanda Panacci It began with an aerial shot of a wheat field. The September 24 lead story on CBC’s The National recounted the horrific murder of three Aboriginal boys near Pefferlaw, Ontario, more than five decades ago. But the brief, beautiful opening visual was noteworthy because it was the first shot aired from CBC’s […]
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Nova Scotia’s The Chronicle Herald breaks the ban and publishes her name on November 24. Her father praises the Chronicle Herald for its decision and on Friday, he writes a passionate opinion piece on CBC.ca about his disdain for the lingering ban on his daughter’s name. For him, it’s about justice and opening up a conversation […]
CBC v. CBC: the fifth estate on the unmaking of Jian Ghomeshi
For weeks now, everyone wondered how CBC would cover the downfall of its own golden boy. “Our story tonight is not an easy one to tell. Many of those you’ll hear from are our colleagues. But we are telling it because five weeks after Jian Ghomeshi was fired, important questions still have no answers: what […]
