Rumoured to be a top Oscar contender, Argo, starring Ben Affleck and co-produced by George Clooney, premiered in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, October 10 with a reception at the Canadian embassy. At the event, joining a slew of ambassadors and actors, was Peter Bregg, a photojournalism instructor at Ryerson University who had been invited to exhibit… Continue reading Photojournalist Peter Bregg Rubs Shoulders With Ben Affleck, Cast Of Argo, General Petraeus
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How to be a Halloween Journalist
Everyone secretly wants to be a journalist. Between Hollywood interpretations, such as the glamourous Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City, and the real-life fame won by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein for breaking Watergate, the life of a journalist looks pretty enticing. But as actual journalists, we know the days of glitz and… Continue reading How to be a Halloween Journalist
The Most Tales: Bethany Horne
OpenFile Halifax news curator Bethany Horne discusses the most difficult part about starting up the site in this Eastern Canadian city.
Darfur on Hold
Now Rwanda looms in the background. The mass murder of civilians that began three and a half years ago in Darfur, an area in western Sudan the size of France, has been described as “Rwanda in slow motion” and “the world’s worst humanitarian crisis” for the past two years. Compared to the Rwandan genocide, the… Continue reading Darfur on Hold
City News Goes to the Blogs
The sun is still nestled well beneath the horizon in the early hours of June 29. Across Toronto, delivery trucks slip through the streets, stopping at clusters of newspaper boxes and filling them with still-warm stacks of the new day’s issue. Shawn Micallef, associate editor for Spacing magazine, walks eastward, towards downtown and home. He… Continue reading City News Goes to the Blogs