We’re very sorry to throw you out of your routine by pushing the Alumni Essentials to Tuesday this week, but hopefully our piece on Jesse Brown and media criticism made up for it. We won’t make you wait any longer with this intro, below are some of our favourite recent pieces: Winter 2012 multimedia editor… Continue reading Alumni Essentials: week of January 26, 2012
Category: Blog
Jesse Brown: saviour, danger, jerk?
Last Tuesday evening I learned some new things from Jesse Brown: he and a friend made the song that opens his show Canadaland, News Canada—which provides free editorial content—sources articles from the federal government and, well, that’s about it. “The news, Jian and me: a conversation with Jesse Brown,” was advertised as two hours of… Continue reading Jesse Brown: saviour, danger, jerk?
Goodbye, Xtra
In July 2012 I reached out to Xtra, Toronto’s free gay and lesbian newspaper, in hopes of becoming an intern. Then-managing editor Danny Glenwright invited me up to the Pink Triangle Press offices and sifted through some of my clippings before asking his only question of the interview: “Why do you want to volunteer your time… Continue reading Goodbye, Xtra
Live blog: In conversation with Jesse Brown
After investigating Jian Ghomeshi, Jesse Brown and his podcast CANADALAND became a hit. On January 20, Brown speaks to Ryerson University about media criticism and holding journalists to account. Photo courtesy CANADALAND
The Alumni Essentials: Carly Lewis
Welcome to the Alumni Essentials, or, as it shall be known for the next week: the Carly Lewis show! This is Lewis’s second time featured in this series and she’s the first person ever to fully take it over. Cue applause. She really left us no choice, because whether it’s about Girls, the year’s best albums… Continue reading The Alumni Essentials: Carly Lewis