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Power Hungry

Journalists fight for access against the all-consuming control of the Ford government

Alanna Rizza
May 14, 2019

When They Push, We Push Back

How journalists are adapting to the age of Trump, Twitter and fake news

Rhianna Jackson-Kelso
May 9, 2019

Covering Politics

Harper 2.0: What the Ford government gleaned from the former PM’s media strategy

Veteran reporters on alarming similarities between the two governments’ strategies

Rhianna Jackson-Kelso
October 10, 2018

Inside the Global newsroom

Behind the Scenes at Global News’ #elxn42party

On the ground floor of 121 Bloor Street East, Dawna Friesen and…

Fatima Syed
October 20, 2015

Fatima Syed interviews Mohamed Fahmy.

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: RRJ speaks to Mohamed Fahmy

Mohamed Fahmy has been toeing the line between being a journalist and…

Fatima Syed
October 13, 2015

Chuck Klosterman’s Analysis of a Finished TV Show for a Defunct Website

The RRJ recommends you read Chuck Klosterman’s meditation on “Mad Men” protagonist Don Draper, “A New Don,” written for the now... Read more →

The Award-Winning Canadian Documentary, Guantanamo’s Child: Omar Khadr

The RRJ recommends that you watch Guantanamo’s Child: Omar Khadr released in 2015, and directed by Patrick Reed and Michelle Shephard.... Read more →

Two Long Takes From Jimmy Breslin

The RRJ recommends you read “A Death In Emergency Room One” and “A Part of Cop’s Past Lies Dead” by the... Read more →

Kathryn Schulz’s “When Things Go Missing”

The RRJ recommends you read “When Things Go Missing” by Kathryn Schulz, from the Feb. 13, 2017 issue of The New Yorker.... Read more →

Alison Motluk’s “Uncommon Ancestry”

The best health stories are about empathy, about seeing clearly that all that separates you, the reader, from the story’s... Read more →