By Gin Sexsmith It’s 1972, and the scent of cigarette smoke and stewed coffee acts as a backdrop to the clack clack ching of manual typewriters inThe Globe and Mailnewsroom. Men’s voices fill the room—asking questions, bouncing ideas off one another, laughing at crude jokes. About 15 men in ties and white shirts are seated around a large,… Continue reading Endangered species
Rogers M-School internship misses the mark
Emily Candy does not mince words. “The internships that we have now are all over the place,” says Rogers Publishing’s peppy HR manager with unexpected frankness. “We have people who are really getting some good mentorship from senior editors, and then we have people who are just in the Flare fashion closet helping out with some… Continue reading Rogers M-School internship misses the mark
Voices in the Void
By Natalie D’Amico Over 4,000 Latin Americans risked deportation last year—some back to lives of violence and poverty in the crossfires of guerrilla and drug war. And this number could increase since Ottawa applied stricter regulations for immigrants claiming refugee status in February. The search for a new home leaves most newcomers with few possessions, resources,… Continue reading Voices in the Void
Glossing over writers’ rights
One month after Transcontinental Media released the appallingly unfair changes to its writers’ contract, it has announced the launch of Véro, a French magazine for women in Quebec–a move that is weighted with contradiction for its writers. Given its recent whining about the impact of social media and digital technology on the print industry, which it claims are… Continue reading Glossing over writers’ rights
Tart and soul
By Loren Hendin Tabatha Southey hadn’t expected to hear anything back. She’d sent three children’s stories to a publisher, but, six months later, nothing. Oh, well, she’d sent them only at the urging of a friend anyway. She had been driving with writer and editor Jane L. Thompson, two toddlers, and a baby buckled up in… Continue reading Tart and soul
