Despite the seemingly bad news cycle, the last six months saw steps towards reconciliation
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City councillors refuse to speak to the Calgary Herald after controversial Brett Kavanaugh column
An advertiser has also requested that an ad be pulled, after a column was published that dismisses sexual assault allegations
Vignette Journalism: Storytelling for the Social Media Age
I sat in a heart surgeon’s office, waiting to ask what it’s like to touch a beating heart. It’s not every day that you get to put such questions to people, even as a journalist. But this summer at the Calgary Herald, my editor assigned me to a project called What’s it Like? The idea… Continue reading Vignette Journalism: Storytelling for the Social Media Age
A Woman’s Place in the News
Joanne Ramondt thought she had found a good example of male bias in the pages of the Calgary Herald. In a photo of a husband and wife business team, the husband was standing in the foreground, clearly the focus of attention, while the wife sat off in the background with the children. Ramondt is a… Continue reading A Woman’s Place in the News
Just another Saturday Plight
Saturday Night, the magazine that hasn’t made a penny for more than 40 years, has always been a hard sell. And now that the venerable but perennially money-losing magazine is operating on a controlled-circulation basis, few media forecasters are predicting an easier economic future. At the magazine’s glitzy launch party last October at Toronto’s Royal… Continue reading Just another Saturday Plight