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20 Jul

Access denied: journalist tells his side of the G20 story

A first-person account from The Real News Network journalist Jesse Freeston on being beaten, denied access to public spaces and the story police didn’t want him to capture.Read about other […]

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6 Jul

G20 roundup: assault, arrests and broken gear

While the stories from Toronto’s chaotic G20 weekend continue to trickle in, J-Source has created a roundup of stories from journalists who were on the ground. A journalist covering the […]

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29 Jun

Getting bloody for World Cup scoop

The Toronto Star’s Cathal Kelly goes where no journalist has gone before – behind the “wall of silence” of North Korea’s soccer team. His trick: accidental injury. This article was […]

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8 Jun

Covering the Vatican

Ellin Bessner, a Jewish journalist, was a card-carrying member of the Vatican Press Association in the late 80s. She discusses the screening process, the uber-modern newsroom and how covering the […]

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20 May

Autojournalist’s son crashes Porsche

In a classic Ferris Bueller move, the 18-year-old son of Globe and Mail autojournalist Peter Cheney crashes a $180,000 Porsche Turbo. In an article titled HOLY #!$%#$!!, Cheney writes: “Take […]

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5 May

The truth about Tiger

The accusations started soon after Tiger Woods’ extramarital activities hit the tabloids. Golf columnist Lorne Rubenstein dispels the myths around Tiger’s fall from grace. The interview room at the Augusta […]

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2 Mar

What I learned in five days working for a citizen reporting website

I’m a freelancer. I’m driven by hunger, boredom and ego and I’ll do anything, writes Claude Adams. So he signed up to write Olympics pieces (paid-for…sort of) for Allvoices, a […]

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2 Feb

On the ground in Haiti: “It’s dangerous to divorce myself from the human aspect”

After sleeping on cardboard boxes, helping a woman in labour, seeing and smelling dead bodies and telling endless tragic stories with words and images, Montreal Gazette reporter Sue Montgomery and […]

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2 Feb

On the ground in Haiti: “It’s dangerous to divorce myself from the human aspect”

While seeing and smelling dead bodies and working amid the destruction, Gazette photojournalist Phil Carpenter reminded himself at all times that his photo subjects are people first. (Read Sue Montgomery’s […]

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2 Feb

On the ground in Haiti: “I set down my pen and notepad and helped”

After sleeping on cardboard boxes, helping a woman in labour, running from a shaking embassy and telling endless tragic stories, Gazette reporter Sue Montgomery considers her two weeks in Haiti […]

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