By Marilee Devries Laura Rance wants agriculture to be a beat at the Winnipeg Free Press—and she wants to be the reporter on it. She grew up on a farm, so she can see that coverage is lacking. It’s the mid-’80s, and Rance has been a general-assignment reporter for two-and-a-half years. She decides to lobby for… Continue reading Going hungry: Canadians are starving for agriculture coverage
Unpaid internships: publishers and government both need to do more
The unpaid internship has long been a point of contention, especially among journalists: do these internships provide eager, budding journalists with the opportunity to gain new skills and get their foot in the industry’s door, or is it akin to slave labour? If the latter, who is to blame? This question reached a head in… Continue reading Unpaid internships: publishers and government both need to do more
Sally Armstrong: the editor who changed women’s magazines
By Aya Tsintziras Sally Armstrong travels to Kenya. She begins in Nairobi and drives north to Meru. She approaches the Ripples International shelter; the road is lined with colourful plants and flowers. It’s 2011, and she’s here to interview 160 child rape victims, some as young as three, who are suing the government for not… Continue reading Sally Armstrong: the editor who changed women’s magazines
How Red Bull is clipping journalism’s wings
By Daniel Sellers At first, I try a direct approach. There are more than 50 editions of the Red Bull website, each one tailored to a different part of the world, but I find less contact information on the main site than I expect; single phone and fax numbers underline an address for the company’s… Continue reading How Red Bull is clipping journalism’s wings
Why aren’t political reporters asking the right questions about polls?
By Ronan O’Beirne Welcome to the poll on polls. To begin, please press 1 “What is a poll?” David Akin asks in the makeup room at the Sun News Network studio in downtown Toronto. He doesn’t need to think about his answer. “It is a snapshot backward in time.” This photo of public opinion is a… Continue reading Why aren’t political reporters asking the right questions about polls?
