Category: Summer 2003

Recently, during some serious channel surfing, I discovered that there’s more to dull Saturday nights than infomercials and decorating shows. Way up in the gods of Rogers Cable TV in Toronto, on Channel 35, packaged between Country Music Television and the Learning Channel, there’s foreign-language television! Cash giveaways, salsa and tango interludes, and performances by… Continue reading Lost in Translation

“It’s lonely in here,” says Anna Maria Tremonti, host of the new flagship CBC Radio program, The Current, over the intercom from the studio to the control room during the 8 a.m. newsbreak. Tremonti sits at a round table surrounded by abandoned chairs, microphones, and earphones. When the World Report newscast ends, Willy Barth, morning… Continue reading Twists and Turns

Ceri Marsh looks like a giddy 16-year-old, with her high ponytail, sleeveless T-shirt, and long denim skirt. Sitting at the head of a long boardroom table at 59 Front Street East in Toronto, she welcomes guests to what is essentially her party. Marsh is actually 35 years old, the senior editor and powerhouse behindFashion 18,… Continue reading Popularity Contest

Custom publishing has no integrity. Or at least that is what I used to think. After nearly four years in the journalism program at Ryerson University, I was left with the impression that integrity could not exist within the pages of a custom publication. I assumed that after my university education there was no way… Continue reading Measuring Up

“Grey? I can picture the logo—lower case, sans serif type, widely spaced. Very clean look, very sharp,” says Doug Bennet, publisher of Masthead magazine. “I would bet you 50 bucks someone’s going to do it at some point.” There’s a reason Bennet can envision this sort of general interest publication, aimed at older people simply… Continue reading Old Diggers