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 Trump tweets a wiretapping conspiracy theory
Category: Spring 2017
March 7th: Wiretapping, Torstar’s New CEO, and more
These are the stories we’re watching this week. Here is your Weekly Wire: U.S. President Donald Trump started off his weekend by claiming former president Barack Obama bugged Trump Tower shortly before election day last November. His sources? Right-wing talk show host Mark Levin and Breitbart News, which cited tangentially-related stories by way of right-wing site Heatstreet. Obama… Continue reading March 7th: Wiretapping, Torstar’s New CEO, and more
The Markup: Unfounded
The best long-form journalism involves a lot of red ink. An editor’s corrections, cuts, and revisions often go unseen by the public. Here at The Markup, our job is to dissect their choices. Episode 4: Unfounded Last month, the Globe and Mail published “Unfounded,” – a series that stemmed from a 20 month long investigation… Continue reading The Markup: Unfounded
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February 27th: Spurned White House Correspondents, Net Neutrality, and more
These are the stories we’re watching this week. Here is your Weekly Wire: Reporters for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, BuzzFeed, BBC, CNN, and Politico—aka the “opposition party”—were barred from a White House press briefing on Friday. The maneuver is just of the latest salvos in U.S. President Donald Trump’s ongoing feud with… Continue reading February 27th: Spurned White House Correspondents, Net Neutrality, and more
Tracking the Illegal Tusk
The RRJ Recommends that you check out “Tracking the Illegal Tusk” in National Geographic by writer Bryan Christy and photographer Brent Stirton. Tracking a deadly secretive crime ring in a far-away country has never been easier than with this ambitious project, “Tracking the Illegal Tusk,” presented by National Geographic. As a collaborative effort by writer Bryan Christy… Continue reading Tracking the Illegal Tusk