As the world prepares to welcome a new President, the RRJ’s Dylan Freeman-Grist caught up with the Toronto Star‘s Washington correspondent, Daniel Dale. DFG: You’ve become known as one of the most prominent fact-checkers of Trump. Can you talk about your decision to begin focusing on him? DD: Yeah it was mid-September during the campaign and Trump had… Continue reading Q&A with Daniel Dale
Category: Spring 2017
Two Women make Headlines with Trudeau and a Selfie
Hed: (n) Newsroom Jargon for Headlines Headlines are tricky. They have to grab flighty readers’ attention, tell a story, and hopefully even squeeze in a witticism. The smallest choices affect readers’ first impressions and, sometimes, their only take on the story. Once a week, we analyze the different ways news outlets present the same story.… Continue reading Two Women make Headlines with Trudeau and a Selfie
January 16th: Boyden responds, unverified allegations, and more
These are the stories we’re watching this week. Here is your Weekly Wire: Last week, the Globe and Mail’s Mark Medley and CBC q’s Candy Palmater separately interviewed novelist Joseph Boyden, whose long-claimed Indigenous ancestry came into question after an APTN investigation last month found little to substantiate it. (Check Karen McCall’s take on the… Continue reading January 16th: Boyden responds, unverified allegations, and more
How the Headlines Covered the Controversy Over Joseph Boyden’s Heritage
Hed: (n) Newsroom Jargon for Headlines Headlines are tricky. They have to grab flighty readers’ attention, tell a story, and hopefully even squeeze in a witticism. The smallest choices affect readers’ first impressions and, sometimes, their only take on the story. Once a week, we analyze the different ways news outlets present the same story.… Continue reading How the Headlines Covered the Controversy Over Joseph Boyden’s Heritage
January 9th: An ethical lapse, why Montreal police spied on Patrick Lagacé, and more
These are the stories we’re watching this week. Here is your Weekly Wire: On Friday, Walrus editor-in-chief Jonathan Kay and Walrus fellow Lauren Heuser published a piece on Justin Trottier, leader of the controversial mens’ rights group Canadian Association for Equality (CAFE). It originally failed to disclose that Kay’s mother, writer Barbara Kay, is one of CAFE’s advisory… Continue reading January 9th: An ethical lapse, why Montreal police spied on Patrick Lagacé, and more