Category: Summer 2005

It was a quiet Sunday evening early in May 2002 at the McQueen home in the Annex in downtown Toronto. Mark and his wife had just settled at the table, ready to enjoy their prime rib dinner, when the phone rang. It was the National Post‘s chief business correspondent, Theresa Tedesco. She was calling to advise… Continue reading Anatomy of a Libel

Edward Greenspon stands in front of a class of 25 journalism students. Dressed in a yellow shirt, striped tie, and jacket, he is dwarfed by the bulky wooden podium before him. It’s late 2004 and he is here to speak about newsroom leadership. Although he is the editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail, Greenspon seems uncomfortable… Continue reading Growing Old Disgracefully

Giles Gherson stands in the middle of the sprawling and bustling Toronto Star newsroom. He’s waiting for a photographer from his former paper, The Globe and Mail, to take his picture. It’s early October and Gherson finds himself in the rather uncomfortable position of making the news, rather than being among the legions who write and edit it.… Continue reading After Honderich

Dov Smith leafs through a stack of newspapers. He stops and leans back in his black leather chair to read the articles that mention Israel or the Middle East. He clips a relevant story and stores it in a folder on his desk. Turning to his computer, the executive director of the pro-Israel media watchdog… Continue reading Under Pressure