Rick James walks through the century-old, red-brick building that houses his weekly newspaper, The Canadian Statesman, and describes what it looked like in days past and what it ‘ll become in the days ahead. In one room, pages for the following day’s edition of the weekly paper lie on the light green veneer of drafting-style… Continue reading Chain Reaction
Category: Spring 1996
Crimes of Fashion
When Nancy Jane Hastings was asked at her admissions interview for Carleton University’s graduate journalism program in 1981 what kind of writing she was interested in, she said fashion. The interviewer laughed. Nevertheless, Hastings was not only accepted into the program, but was the first one in her class to get a job-at Toronto Life… Continue reading Crimes of Fashion
Hard Labour
Known to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction as #170-590, Little Rock Reed is a convicted armed robber and a journalist with 10 years’ experience. Sometimes it’s difficult to tell which trade is more dangerous. In May 1992, Reed was released on parole after serving 10 years at the maximum-security Southern Ohio Correctional Facility.… Continue reading Hard Labour
Crewless
It’s hockey night in Windsor and the hometown’s Spitfires are hosting the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in a Monday night battle at Windsor Arena. Nine rows above ice level, Scott Scantlebury is looking through the viewfinder of his Canon Hi-8 video camera. He could be the proud father of a player filming a home movie… Continue reading Crewless
Academic Question
When not on the lookout for that fresh angle on a stale story, journalism students are bracing themselves for insults from people who are earning a living in the profession we’re hoping to break into. We don’t have to look very hard. Dodging reporters who want to know how our impressionable young psyches have been… Continue reading Academic Question