Category: The Magazine

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

“Perfect timing,” exclaims The Globe and Mail‘s boyish foreign editor as he whisks me up to the second-floor newsroom. “You’re here just in time for a crisis.” John Stackhouse seems frazzled-wide eyes and nervous laughter belie his usually cool demeanor. The headlining feature for the weekend foreign section, just 36 hours from deadline, has lost… Continue reading World Domination

For two weeks in March 2000, Vian Ewart woke early each morning and headed for the Toronto subway system, not to get anywhere in particular, but to observe. Starting at 6 a.m., he rode the Bloor-Danforth line from the west end of the city to the east end and back again, moving from car to… Continue reading Free for All

The editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail is on his hands and knees in the boardroom. His navy suit wrinkles as his tie dangles down toward the herringbone rug. We trade glances. Mine is a look of bewilderment, his a look of mock fright. Suddenly, he ducks his head under the edge of the table… Continue reading The Scoop on Ed