Elena Gritzan

Inequality, still

Inequality, still

Vivian Smith discusses the challenges of being a woman in journalism

For young reporters, journalism is a game of chicken. You can swerve away early, taking a relatively cushy job in public relations, but if you wait too long to jump ship, you might find yourself without a job at all. It’s hard to think about anything other than survival. That’s a metaphor that Vivian Smith […]

 Eva Janssen

Days and Nights on the Kid Shift

Days and Nights on the Kid Shift

What newspapers are doing to support working parents and what they aren't

It’s seven o’clock on a frigid November morning, and Toronto Star feature writer Patricia Orwen is scurrying about her small Etobicoke home as though she were working against a deadline in the newsroom. She enters the kitchen with her two daughters in tow and begins to make coffee from a pan of water on the […]