Series: Spring 2008

Outside the central market in La Matanza, an industrial town on the edge of Buenos Aires, a crowd of journalists and camerapeople stands on a wet three-tier bleacher. Correspondents from BBC, the Japan Broadcasting Corporation and Al-Jazeera are among about a hundred journalists waiting for the presidential candidate Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to take the… Continue reading South of the Border Down Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil, Chile and Argentina Way

For years, Lise Ravary had practiced a version of her short speech, so it was hardly impromptu. After a quarter-century of involvement with the National Magazine Awards as both judge and board member, the thought had become too difficult to ignore. Yet again, women’s service magazines had been bypassed in favour of more “respected” magazines. Maclean’s, Toronto… Continue reading 5 Reasons to Love Service Journalism

Neil Macdonald and Patrick Brown, two of CBC’s most distinguished foreign correspondents, are acting up: “This is ridiculous!” “It’s all psychobabble!” The pair has briefly returned to Canada to attend the annual CBC correspondents’ conference. The year is 2002 and they, along with at least 50 English-and French-speaking CBC reporters and their producers, are sitting… Continue reading The War Inside