By Michael Thomas Don Obe has just learned, after an in-person meeting with Peter C. Newman, that he is going to be an associate editor at Maclean’s. It is early 1972. Since Maclean’s has the same level of prestige in Canada as The New Yorker in the United States, this is big news. Everybody wants to work at Maclean’s because that’s where a… Continue reading Good stuff, kid
How to train your journalists
The Fellowship in Global Journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto is a journalism program unlike any other. “What we decided to do was, instead of teaching a specialty in the course of a journalism degree, which is what a lot of places do, we would actually go and… Continue reading How to train your journalists
How to train your journalists
The Fellowship in Global Journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto is a journalism program unlike any other. “What we decided to do was, instead of teaching a specialty in the course of a journalism degree, which is what a lot of places do, we would actually go and recruit… Continue reading How to train your journalists
For Punjabi journalist Jagdish Grewal, reporting can be a matter of life or death
Jagdish Grewal (left) and Paul Knox at the 2012 Press Freedom in Canada conference at Ryerson University. It seemed like any other workday. Jagdish Grewal, editor and publisher of Canadian Punjabi Post, was in his newsroom in Brampton working late after attending a meeting. Around midnight, he walked out into the parking lot and… Continue reading For Punjabi journalist Jagdish Grewal, reporting can be a matter of life or death
For Punjabi journalist Jagdish Grewal, reporting can be a matter of life or death
Jagdish Grewal (left) and Paul Knox at the 2012 Press Freedom in Canada conference at Ryerson University. It seemed like any other workday. Jagdish Grewal, editor and publisher of Canadian Punjabi Post, was in his newsroom in Brampton working late after attending a meeting. Around midnight, he walked out into the parking lot and… Continue reading For Punjabi journalist Jagdish Grewal, reporting can be a matter of life or death
