At Maclean’s, art director Christine Dewairy was responsible for redesigning a tired magazine for the “grandparents,” as she puts it, that was lagging on the newsstand. But when she became responsible for an additional three magazines (MoneySense, Canadian Business and Profit), she found herself doing more overseeing and less designing. So when Toronto Life editor… Continue reading Toronto Life’s Christine Dewairy faces design challenger
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Going Long (and We Mean Really, Really, Really Long)
The newspaper medium is an easy mark for ridicule. Itscaricature consists of the inverted pyramid, the 5 o’clock deadline and a strict adherence to “just the facts, ma’am.” Yet for a half-decade Jon Wells has worked within the supposedly rigid confines of his daily newspaper, The Hamilton Spectator, and repeatedly tested the limits of long-form… Continue reading Going Long (and We Mean Really, Really, Really Long)
Community papers connect with local readers in ways big city papers can’t
Denise Smith doesn’t use the internet and she doesn’t have a smartphone. The small business associate from Grimsby, Ontario, reads one newspaper a week: The Grimsby-Lincoln News. It’s a community newspaper with a weekly circulation of 23,450 that covers the 238 square kilometre stretch between Grimsby and West Lincoln. There is no business or international… Continue reading Community papers connect with local readers in ways big city papers can’t
The Most Tales: Corey Mintz (Part 2)
Toronto Star food writer Corey Mintz talks about his most bizarre meal.
Is Canada Neglecting Its Journalistic Past?
Bob Huggins thought he had come up with a nearly surefire plan to make some money and secure a legacy for himself. He would make Canada’s historical newspaper records available to anyone with access to a computer and a public library card. It would be North America’s first large-scale newspaper digitization program, and when he… Continue reading Is Canada Neglecting Its Journalistic Past?