Archive
22 Jan

Horrors vs. taste: CBC producer describes the newsroom debate

Broadcasters and publishers know they can count on at least two responses to portraying graphic images of death and destruction: complaints about disgusting or invasive displays of blood and gore; […]

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19 Jan

Haiti: the ultimate testing ground for reporters

Port au Prince is where foreign correspondents learn what to do when telephones fail, the lights go out, your car breaks down, your fixer doesn’t show up and your guts […]

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6 Jan

Lang conquered her fear to make a difference

Before she headed off to report in Afghanistan, Michelle Lang asked her colleague, Calgary Herald editorial page editor Licia Corbella, about her experiences in the country and about being afraid. […]

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8 Dec

Five minutes of Al Gore, then everybody out except…

If anyone is still in need of proof that the news media industry is changing, a recent Al Gore speech in Toronto was a case in point. After playing an […]

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4 Dec

A million stories that cant be reported

While working as a reporter and news anchor at a two English-language radio stations in Dubai there were a few moments when it felt like a solid news station, writes […]

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1 Dec

Tweeting a trial

Call me morbid, but I thought the Bandidos trial would be perfect to tweet, writes London Free Press reporter Kate Dubinski. It had drama, a compelling cast of characters, plenty […]

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17 Nov

Looking back: photographing the Iran hostage crisis

During six months in Iran covering the 1979 hostage crisis, photojournalist Peter Bregg was blindfolded and kidnapped, had his office ransacked, lost photos, had equipment confiscated and continued to transmit […]

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15 Sep

Disgusted with Foreign Affairs: The Mohamud ordeal Part 1

There was a time when reporters enjoyed a friendly relationship with the Department of Foreign Affairs, writes the Toronto Star’s John Goddard. But those days are over and telling the […]

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15 Sep

The best job in the world: The Mohamud ordeal Part 2

Counterterrorism units, bin Laden’s chauffeur and gin and tonics in Cairo turn into an urgent ten-hour journey to Nairobi to help a colleague tell the story of a Toronto woman […]

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28 Aug

The uncertain legacy of Ted Kennedy

BySusan Reisler Teddy Kennedy’s death did not surprise me – we knew he would soon succumb to his merciless brain cancer. But what did surprise me – as a former […]

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