By Shannon Clarke Image via The Agenda’s YouTube channel. “Where, Oh Where, Are All The Female Guests?” started out well enough. After questions about the lack of diversity on TheAgenda, anchor and senior editor Steve Paikin took his exasperation online. The producers, he wrote, are committed to gender parity, having tried for years to include more women on… Continue reading Women in the media: Steve Paikin’s missed opportunity

By Ronan O’Beirne Don’t panic. Image via Maclean’s. Or, okay, go ahead and panic. Whatever. In case you’ve been living under a rock or haven’t checked your Vidéotron email: Pierre Karl Péladeau (or PKP), who served as CEO of self-styled “communications giant” Quebecor from 1999-2013, and vice-chair thereafter, is running for the Parti Québécois in the… Continue reading The Quebecor empire, on which the son refuses to set

By Marilee Devries In a follow-up to yesterday’s post on the five movies about journalism that you should watch, here’s a compilation of their less-savoury counterparts. Not all of these films portray journalism poorly, but every one depicts the profession unrealistically in one way or another. Here’s how: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Besides dragons… Continue reading Journalists at the movies, part two: five films to avoid

By Marilee Devries Sometimes they are nuisances, looking for a scoop; sometimes they’re heroes uncovering the truth. Either way, journalists crop up in films all the time. Hollywood has a tendency to either vilify or glorify the noble* profession of journalism. Film historian Steven J. Ross said in his book Movies and American Society that films are… Continue reading Journalists at the movies, part one: five movies you should watch