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TODAY: Ian Brown Toronto-based journalist Ian Brown is a roving feature reporter for The Globe and Mail and host of The View From Here, as well as Human Edge, on TVOntario. He won the 2010 Charles Taylor Prize, a $25,000 award that recognizes excellence in non-fiction, for his memoir, The Boy in the Moon: A Father’s Search for his Disabled… Continue reading The Must List: Ian Brown

Vancouver’s Redeye radio show provides listeners a progressive take on current events. The independent radio program, which has been on air for over 30 years, is broadcast live every Saturday morning on Vancouver Cooperative Radio, CFRO 102.7FM. This week, Redeye features an interview with Ali Abunimah, adviser for the recently established Palestine Advisory Network, who offers insight about Mubarak’s… Continue reading The Latest: Radio March 7

In the past two months, social media outlets and the news have been flooded with accounts of protests and freedom in the Middle East and North Africa. As I write, reporters are cover efforts by the Canadian government to get its citizens out of Libya. But are audiences missing out? What constraints are mainstream media… Continue reading The Balancing Act of Reporting On Foreign Politics

We often find hidden gems on the National Film Board website. From black and white documentaries set in the 1920’s to feature-length pieces examining current events, the free site is an easy way to get more in-depth than a one-minute news segment can offer. To give you a taste, we’ll share two documentaries and what they add to the… Continue reading The Latest: TV/Docs March 4

Mark your calendars. Our friends at DigitalJournal.com recently announced the date of their next conference — April 6, 2011 at the Drake Hotel Underground. The Future of Media is a series of panel discussions about how current trends, technologies and innovations in social media affect us. It’s held in Toronto twice every year, usually in… Continue reading The Latest: Online March 3