Known to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction as #170-590, Little Rock Reed is a convicted armed robber and a journalist with 10 years’ experience. Sometimes it’s difficult to tell which trade is more dangerous. In May 1992, Reed was released on parole after serving 10 years at the maximum-security Southern Ohio Correctional Facility.… Continue reading Hard Labour
Crewless
It’s hockey night in Windsor and the hometown’s Spitfires are hosting the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in a Monday night battle at Windsor Arena. Nine rows above ice level, Scott Scantlebury is looking through the viewfinder of his Canon Hi-8 video camera. He could be the proud father of a player filming a home movie… Continue reading Crewless
Academic Question
When not on the lookout for that fresh angle on a stale story, journalism students are bracing themselves for insults from people who are earning a living in the profession we’re hoping to break into. We don’t have to look very hard. Dodging reporters who want to know how our impressionable young psyches have been… Continue reading Academic Question
Rex Appeal
Among the posters that adorn the walls at CBC radio’s Morningside studio in Toronto hands one that depicts dozens of colourful pairs of woollen mittens. They’ve formally displayed on an old wooden rod, but there’s something distinctively homemade about the way they hang. The muted shades of red, blue and grey blend together as the… Continue reading Rex Appeal
Right to Know
They have been accused of reprehensible behaviour, of using a self-serving principle to profit from tragedy. They have been blasted for lacking the courage of their convictions, for inadequately defending freedom of the press. In protesting the most notorious publication ban in Canadian history, have the media gone too far or not far enough? Although… Continue reading Right to Know
