Updated February 2, 2011, 12:41 p.m. Chris Jones dials a number in Scottsburg, Indiana, and Gail Bond answers with her slow Midwestern twang. “My name is Chris,” he says. “I’m a writer with Esquire and I’d like to write a story about your son’s journey home.” Gail’s voice tightens and she begins to cry. Then Chris cries,… Continue reading Not All Smurfs and Sunshine
Category: Winter 2011
Standing on the Shoulders of a Giant
Updated: January 5, 2011 1:12a.m. By 1973, George Bain was restless. He’d been writing The Globe and Mail’s Ottawa column since 1964, and though he’d covered a fascinating, occasionally tumultuous, time in Canada’s political life—including the 1967 Centennial, Trudeaumania and the War Measures Act—he was up for a new challenge. Globe editor Richard “Dic” J. Doyle didn’t want… Continue reading Standing on the Shoulders of a Giant
140 Characters in Search of a Story
Kady O’Malley needs a BlackBerry. Brow furrowed, she hurries into a large West Block room with rectangular windows and a view of a statue of Queen Victoria. She’s supposed to live-blog a government operations committee meeting, but a botched software update has thrown a wrench into the works. Fellow reporter David Akin gallantly offers his… Continue reading 140 Characters in Search of a Story
12 Days of the RRJ: Day 12 – Suicide
Liam Casey argues for the end to the newsroom silence on suicide in the upcoming issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism, which launches today at the Cadillac Lounge in Toronto.
12 Days of the RRJ: Day 11 – Chris Jones
Look for Scianitti’s profile of Jones in the Winter 2011 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism, launching on December 14 at the Cadillac Lounge in Toronto.