On the ground floor of 121 Bloor Street East, Dawna Friesen and Tom Clark are hosting a live panel: big screens with “Decision Canada” and “Global News” behind them, three cameras in front of them. Down the hall in a back room, 20 or so analysts are calmly watching over computers as polling data and… Continue reading Behind the Scenes at Global News’ #elxn42party
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Sketches of Obe
Don Obe 1936-2014 [su_note note_color=”#ededeb”]When Don Obe, the founder of the Review, died earlier this month, we naturally wanted to pay homage. Fortunately, his friends included many of the finest writers and editors in the country, so we asked several for a few words about the mentor, colleague and teacher who meant so much… Continue reading Sketches of Obe
Legacy of a Legend
This is a special guest post about Don Obe, the founder of the Review, by Tim Falconer, the current instructor on the Review. Don Obe died yesterday. He was an old newspaperman, so I hope he would appreciate a lede without euphemism or bullshit. But he was best known as one of the most influential… Continue reading Legacy of a Legend
Unpaid internships: publishers and government both need to do more
The unpaid internship has long been a point of contention, especially among journalists: do these internships provide eager, budding journalists with the opportunity to gain new skills and get their foot in the industry’s door, or is it akin to slave labour? If the latter, who is to blame? This question reached a head in… Continue reading Unpaid internships: publishers and government both need to do more
Good stuff, kid
By Michael Thomas Don Obe has just learned, after an in-person meeting with Peter C. Newman, that he is going to be an associate editor at Maclean’s. It is early 1972. Since Maclean’s has the same level of prestige in Canada as The New Yorker in the United States, this is big news. Everybody wants to work at Maclean’s because that’s where a… Continue reading Good stuff, kid