Last November, Thailand was suffering through its worst flooding in 50 years. While Thai citizens are no strangers to high water levels, the heavy monsoon rains had left more than 800 dead and thousands displaced. As a result, television news crews from around the world were on the ground to put a human face to the… Continue reading The ethics of staging
Bringing the obituary to life
“The Internet can bring an obituary to life.” It may sound like a contradiction, but this is what Barbara Stewart took away from a fourth-year course taught at the University of Victoria by The Globe and Mail’s chief obituary writer, Sandra Martin. Martin has been covering the dead beat at the Globe since 2004. Four… Continue reading Bringing the obituary to life
Hard to Swallow
Aimee Moore, a 28-year-old woman from Stratford, Ontario, walks on to the stage of the Dr. Phil show in January 2008. Just before Moore came onstage, the crowd was shown a long tape of what a day in her life is like. In the tape they saw Moore gagging and vomiting into a garbage can,… Continue reading Hard to Swallow
The Grid’s Vanessa Wyse picks her favourite mag covers
This year, The Society for News Design, which recognizes excellence in visual journalism, named Toronto’s own The Grid as the world’s best-designed newspaper for their circulation. “The design is minimalistic and cool,” said the panel. In honour of the honour, we asked The Grid’s creative director, Vanessa Wyse, to pick five of her favourite magazine covers of all… Continue reading The Grid’s Vanessa Wyse picks her favourite mag covers
RRJ-themed Press Pass (because the fun isn’t over just yet)
Greetings, readers! I’m here to inform you of one more great event. Thanks to the always fabulous Nadja Sayej (of ArtStars* fame), the popular journalist-centred booze fest Press Pass is hosting a special RRJ-inspired event. It takes place on Wednesday, April 25, at the Press Club (because where else can you party hard with all your journalist friends and still feel scholastic?).Here’s… Continue reading RRJ-themed Press Pass (because the fun isn’t over just yet)
