By Miro Rodriguez Peter Howell celebrated his 13th birthday at Toronto’s Glendale Cinerama in 1969 watching 2001: A Space Odyssey. It’s still his favourite movie. The next year, he used the money he earned delivering the Toronto Telegram to buy a book called The Making of Kubrick’s 2001. “Whatever early instinct I had to be a movie critic was… Continue reading Fade to black: Is it over for the newspaper film critic?
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If local news will be the saviour of Canadian journalism, what are you going to do about it, broadcasters?
By Harriet Luke [doptg id=”1″] Last month, convicted killer Kyle Halbauer talked to reporter Dan Zakreski about how he started dealing cocaine. The exclusive CBC Saskatchewan interview was a revealing look at Saskatoon’s drug trade and it’s the kind of in-depth story that managing director John Agnew would love to do more often. But the report… Continue reading If local news will be the saviour of Canadian journalism, what are you going to do about it, broadcasters?
What we lose when papers give up on beat reporting
By Lisa Coxon When Rod Mickleburgh was a labour reporter for The Vancouver Sun in the 1970s, he worked the night shift. Because that meant no deadlines, he’d sit at his desk, call union leaders at home and have long chats. After more than a decade on the beat, Mickleburgh had the sources and the instincts to… Continue reading What we lose when papers give up on beat reporting
‘The company does not love you’: the editorial cartoon after Roy Peterson
By Shannon Clarke [doptg id=”2″] “They’re not going to like this,” thought copy editor Cheryl Parker as she walked Roy Peterson’s last cartoon through The Vancouver Sun newsroom in 2009. The caricature showed Peterson dressed as Father Time, holding a newspaper with the headline “Newspaper terminates editorial cartoonist” and a sign that read, “The End Is Nigh!” Parker… Continue reading ‘The company does not love you’: the editorial cartoon after Roy Peterson
Do Rob Ford reporters have a transparency problem?
By Luc Rinaldi On a summer afternoon in August 2011, Globe and Mail investigative reporter Greg McArthur sent an email to his editor with the subject line, “Ideas.” Inside, he suggested: “A portrait of Rob Ford as a young man—who is Rob Ford, really?” Alongside freelancer Shannon Kari, McArthur called Ford’s high school classmates and hunted down yearbooks.… Continue reading Do Rob Ford reporters have a transparency problem?