Series: Winter 2008

The Globe and Mail’s Washington bureau correspondent John Ibbitson vividly remembers the first time he saw U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama speak in person. On an early December 2007 day in Columbia, S.C., he was standing in a press pool 12 to 15 metres from the stage, listening intently. Obama spoke and paced the… Continue reading What’s in it for us, though?

In 2006, the advertising team for watch manufacturer Swiss Army met with the representatives of Toro and suggested that the Toronto-based men’s magazine publish an article showcasing the brand. Swiss Army was an occasional advertiser, but when editor Derek Finkle found out about the idea, he shot it down. That’s not what Toro was about.… Continue reading What Men Want

Erin Tandy: What first got you interested in corrections? Craig Silverman: There was one in particular that inspired me to look more into the topic. It’s the one listed in Regret the Error’s introduction, from the Lexington Herald-Leader in 2004, where they apologize for not covering the civil rights movement 40 years previously: “It has… Continue reading Mr. Fix-It

Outside my Soviet-style apartment a rhythmic ghraavk-ghrrraaavk-ghravvvk fills the air: someone is shoveling snow. Inside, some Russian anchor, whose name I’ll never remember, fills a small television screen to announce the results of yesterday’s parliamentary election. President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party won, but the correspondent briefly alludes to complaints about violations at the polling… Continue reading Letter From Russia

The large loft space at 720 Bathurst Street in downtown Toronto easily swallows the equipment and facilities for The Real News Network’s (TRNN) more than two-and-a-half dozen employees. A three-camera studio set-up is tucked away in a far corner opposite the newsroom. The black shades are drawn to eliminate the sun’s glare on the handful… Continue reading Please Do Not Adjust Your Set…