By Amelia Brown The tables are filling up quickly and the kitchen bell is ringing, just as more diners arrive. I seat them before running back for the food. The young woman at the door doesn’t have a reservation, but I happen to know who she is. Her photo appeared in a story with my byline.… Continue reading My name’s Amelia. I’ll be your server tonight.
Series: Spring 2014
I don’t always play by hometown rules
By Lisa Coxon As I reach for the voice recorder on the desk, the professor asks, casually: “You’ll send me my quotes, right?” I freeze. I’m sitting in an office on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, finishing up an interview my classmate and I are conducting for a story about legalizing weed. Trying to… Continue reading I don’t always play by hometown rules
Breaking faith: are religious newspapers reporting or preaching?
By Luc Rinaldi I don’t have a story. That’s my first thought as I emerge from a downtown subway station on an overcast October afternoon in 2011. I’m on assignment to cover a pro-life rally for The Catholic Register, a Toronto-based religious weekly, but the small turnout—two dozen picketers line the sidewalk—hardly constitutes news. As I… Continue reading Breaking faith: are religious newspapers reporting or preaching?
How Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher broke the robocalls scandal
This story has been updated from a previous version. By Lisa Coxon After a few glasses of Côtes du Rhônes, Stephen Maher asks if we can turn the recorders off—one faces him; the other, Glen McGregor. We’re on the patio of Métropolitain, a restaurant just below Parliament Hill that’s a popular after-work hangout among political… Continue reading How Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher broke the robocalls scandal
The Brampton Guardian’s Uphill Battle
By Jessica Galang After working a 12-hour shift on a Friday night in 1983, the Brampton Guardian’s editors and writers head to Ricky Joe’s, their fa- vourite nearby hangout. When they open their menus, they see a picture of themselves from one of the many nights they’ve spent there. These reporters don’t mind putting in the… Continue reading The Brampton Guardian’s Uphill Battle