Down to Zero
In early February 2009, staff reporter Rick McGinnis walked intoMetro Toronto, mentally preparing for the meeting he’d scheduled that day with editor-in-chief Dianne Rinehart. Several of …
Posts in category Fall 2009
What’s yours is mine
After The Globe and Mail’s Margaret Wente wrote a column about the risks of talking on a cell phone while driving, it didn’t take long forsomeone …
Code of Secrecy
As reporters Andrew McIntosh and Daniel Leblanc await Supreme Court of Canada rulings that will determine whether they can continue to protect the identities of …
The Canadian Angle
Tom Hanson is on the first green of the Royal Ottawa Golf Club in Gatineau, Québec. The Canadian Press photographer and his long-time colleague, Jonathan …
Ottawa Unplugged
It’s long been a tradition in Ottawa for the prime minister to, every now and then, brave the eager scrums that form in the lobby …
The Young and the Faceless
When the round-faced girl with a downturned mouth and long, limp brown hair sat before a Toronto court last July and tearfully apologized for her …
Who’s the Boss?
On a Friday afternoon late this past summer, Scott Fee, an anchor for Victoria’s CHEK News, sat waiting to tape what might have been the …
House of Cards
The online game many news organizations are playing these days is a lot like poker. Everyone’s waiting to see what cards the other players have. …
King of the Hill
When a radio or television report suggested something was “unprecedented in Canada,” Douglas Fisher would probably guffaw and shake his head. He knew it probably …
Extreme J-school
Aboard a vehicle called the Rhino Runner, four journalists pass through some of the most dangerous areas of Baghdad. It’s August 2, 2009, and they’re …
