Jagdish Grewal (left) and Paul Knox at the 2012 Press Freedom in Canada conference at Ryerson University. It seemed like any other workday. Jagdish Grewal, editor and publisher of Canadian Punjabi Post, was in his newsroom in Brampton working late after attending a meeting. Around midnight, he walked out into the parking lot and… Continue reading For Punjabi journalist Jagdish Grewal, reporting can be a matter of life or death
Category: Summer 2013
Fighting for funds
“There are days when I literally run out of bed in the morning due to the pressure of making payroll,” says Rachel Pulfer. Pulfer is the executive director for Journalists for Human Rights, Canada’s largest non-profit media development organization. Seventy percent of her time as executive director is spent fundraising. “In the first year,… Continue reading Fighting for funds
Journalist in exile
Even though he had already made the decision to flee Mexico many months before, Luis Horacio Nájera didn’t realize what he was leaving behind until the day he fled to live in exile in Canada. As his family was getting in the car, their lives packed into bags in the trunk, Nájera turned back… Continue reading Journalist in exile
No Advertisers Allowed: BestStory.ca and the challenge of ad-free content
It’s well known that many news organizations rely on advertisers to pay the bills. But at BestStory.ca, a fairly new website delivering long-form journalism, founder Warren Perley has adopted an ad-free model in an attempt to ensure unbiased reporting. “Ad-free, to me, is the only way to guard our editorial and keep it… Continue reading No Advertisers Allowed: BestStory.ca and the challenge of ad-free content
Canadian University Press: 75 Years of Student Journalism
It’s early January and Canadian University Press’s president Sam Brooks and national bureau chief Arshy Mann sit in their new Yonge Street office in downtown Toronto, putting the finishing touches on the organization’s 75th national conference. Canadian University Press, commonly known as CUP, claims to be “the oldest student news service in the… Continue reading Canadian University Press: 75 Years of Student Journalism