These are the stories we’re watching over the next week. Here is your Weekly Wire: Two of Postmedia’s major west coast newspapers, the Vancouver Sun and The Province, are expected to lose up to two-dozen reporters and editors early next year, according to Unifor Local 2000, which represents workers for the two publications. Both newsrooms… Continue reading December 12th: Another round of Postmedia buyouts, the Globe’s new office, and more
A Q&A with Ginella Massa, the first hijabi anchor in Canada
Massa sits down with the RRJ to discuss the importance of diversity in newsrooms.
“The Challenge,” Ian Brown’s look at Trudeau Before he was PM
“The Challenge,” Ian Brown’s profile on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau—at the time, candidate for PM—ran in The Globe and Mail’s feature section on October 2, 2015. In line with Brown’s evocative narrative style, the lead has nothing to do with Trudeau. The first full quote from him, in reference to a W.H Auden poem, includes… Continue reading “The Challenge,” Ian Brown’s look at Trudeau Before he was PM
How the Headlines Covered the Oakland Warehouse Fire
Hed: (n) Newsroom Jargon for Headlines Headlines are tricky. They have to grab flighty readers’ attention, tell a story, and hopefully even squeeze in a witticism. The smallest choices affect readers’ first impressions and, sometimes, their only take on the story. Once a week, we analyze the different ways news outlets present the same story.… Continue reading How the Headlines Covered the Oakland Warehouse Fire
Will Underrepresentation Kill Fashion Magazines?
With the majority of its cover models being the expected skinny, young, white women, Flare might be limiting its readership.
