“We do not have a vendetta against Mayor Ford,” Toronto Star editor-in-chief Michael Cooke told the Ontario Press Council in September. “We simply don’t.” Does Cooke’s boss know that? On page two of Friday’s Star, publisher John Cruickshank high-stepped into the end zone, taking shots at the mayor, his brother and the “Ford acolytes” who… Continue reading ‘It’s real, and Ford is in it’: did the Star spike the football?
Category: Winter 2013
Silence of the labs
ENVIRONMENT CANADA SCIENTIST David Tarasick helped identify the largest ozone hole in the Arctic, and Postmedia reporter Mike De Souza has finally secured an interview in late October 2011, after almost three weeks of bureaucratic delays. Towards the end of the conversation, De Souza asks why the phone call took so long to set up. “Have you been extremely busy and… Continue reading Silence of the labs
Sports break
Breaking into sports journalism is all about finding your fit. At least, that was the message delivered at “Fast Break,” an event for students and professionals interested in working in sports media. Four panellists took the stage at Centennial College on September 18, 2012 to share their stories. Chris Jones, a columnist for ESPN The Magazine,… Continue reading Sports break
The front-page photo: bullseye or bust?
The New York Post’s decision for its Dec. 4 front page photograph, showing a man about to be run over by a subway train, landed the paper in controversial territory. “I think that they ran this picture thinking that their audience would love it,” says David Swick, an assistant professor at the University of King’s College.… Continue reading The front-page photo: bullseye or bust?
Healthy Reporting
During her years at Chatelaine, fact-checker Megan Griffith-Greene, who is a current CBC associate producer, came up with a set of health-reporting guidelines to address the most common errors. They include: – All human research should include female subjects, without exception. – Always refer to the primary material. – Acceptable research sources include: researchers, official associations,… Continue reading Healthy Reporting