Series: Summer 1995

You won’t find the June 27,1994 U.S. edition ofTime in any library. Nor can you order a back copy – all of them have been sold. The issue has become a collector’s item because of an error in judgment. On its cover, a colour police mug shot of ex-football hero O.J Simpson was darkened using… Continue reading Where do we re-draw the line?

Apart from the bending red bars of the digital clock on the wall, the studio is cold and still. It’s 8:30 a.m. and counting, and the seat for the morning show host is uncomfortably empty. The only promises of anyone’s arrival are an unopened can of Diet Coke under the CKNW microphone and flasks of… Continue reading The Fastest Gums in the West

I’m Pamela Wallin. Tonight on our magazine, theRyerson Review of Journalism will look at how documentaries have changed at the CBC evening news show, and why Canada should care. With the killing off of The Journal, the esteemed current affairs program, we’re going to examine how its replacement, Prime Time Magazine, is living up to… Continue reading Missing the Big Picture

If October 25, 1994 was a black day for the Russian environment, it was darker still for Canadian environmental journalism. Although a major oil pipeline had ruptured 24 hours earlier in the Russian Arctic, with unofficial estimates suggesting the spill was at least twice the size of the Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska, our national… Continue reading Fool’s Paradise

When William Nicholls decided to launch a magazine in 1993, he knew he was in for a challenge. With little capital and no prospects of government funding, the Mistissini Cree had to borrow computers, clean offices to cover the rent on his own, and go eight months without a salary. But his perseverance paid off.… Continue reading Great Spirit of Enterprise