By Megan Jones In the early afternoon, fear crept in and drove Dave Seglins back to bed. Now he’s coming undone. He lies still, held by terror, unable to roll over, let alone get up and do something besides think, think, think. The outside world continues to move around him, but Seglins doesn’t notice. All… Continue reading Mental health: why journalists don’t get help in the workplace
Category: Spring 2014
Why conservative columnists can’t live up to Peter Worthington
By Luc Rinaldi & Abigale Subdhan In May 1976, three Mounties walked into Peter Worthington’s glass-walled Toronto Sun office with a search warrant. They wanted a leaked RCMP letter that contained information about Canadians charged with espionage and treason, which the Sun editor had recently mentioned in a column. He refused to hand it over. When they pleaded for… Continue reading Why conservative columnists can’t live up to Peter Worthington
A novel approach
By Jennifer Cheng It’s September 1982, and Linden MacIntyre has just sneaked into the Shatila refugee camp in Beirut with his camera crew and a taxi driver. Lebanon is in the midst of a civil war, and a week earlier, Christian militia had slaughtered hundreds—possibly thousands—of Palestinians. As the CBC broadcast journalist watches a front-end loader… Continue reading A novel approach
My name’s Amelia. I’ll be your server tonight.
By Amelia Brown The tables are filling up quickly and the kitchen bell is ringing, just as more diners arrive. I seat them before running back for the food. The young woman at the door doesn’t have a reservation, but I happen to know who she is. Her photo appeared in a story with my byline.… Continue reading My name’s Amelia. I’ll be your server tonight.
I don’t always play by hometown rules
By Lisa Coxon As I reach for the voice recorder on the desk, the professor asks, casually: “You’ll send me my quotes, right?” I freeze. I’m sitting in an office on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, finishing up an interview my classmate and I are conducting for a story about legalizing weed. Trying to… Continue reading I don’t always play by hometown rules