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Category: Spring 2017
Boo for Bad Puns: Unfunny editors and why we love them
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 Canadian news outlets present the same story.… Continue reading Boo for Bad Puns: Unfunny editors and why we love them
October 31st: Fact-checking Trump, net neutrality, and more
These are the stories we’re watching this week. Here is your Weekly Wire: Daniel Dale, the Toronto Star‘s Washington correspondent, appeared on CNN‘s Reliable Sources Sunday to discuss fact-checking Donald Trump. Since September, Dale’s taken to Twitter to fact-check Trump, often catching as many as 20 false statements in a single day. Political reporters’… Continue reading October 31st: Fact-checking Trump, net neutrality, and more
Turning Up the Dial on The Public Record
Joey Coleman is making Hamilton’s local politics accessible to the public on his new radio show.
Buzzfeed’s “Ghost Students, Ghost Teachers, Ghost Schools”
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