Archive
20 Aug

Why it’s better to be a man

Toronto Star columnist Heather Mallick on why she wishes she was born a man (she’d be a more successful journalist, for one). “I always regretted being born female. True, it […]

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20 Aug

Guess which Toronto newspaper….

Not-a-lot-of-skill-testing question: which “local newspaper” does the Toronto Star mean when it reports: “Two and a half hours earlier, Ford was hosting a news conference to explain why it appeared […]

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17 Aug

Barbara Moon’s quest for perfection

Obsessive. Temperamental. Brilliant. Looking back on the life of the late Barbara Moon, a storied magazine editor, whose quest for perfection haunts writers still. This week we feature Seema Persaud‘s […]

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17 Aug

CBC loses its head

Richard Stursberg’s legacy at the CBC includes a massive employee lockout, a gutted arts program and a general disinterest for news and shows like the fifth estate and Market Place, […]

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16 Aug

News ageism

We’ve learned how to write about race, religion, ability and sexual orientation…so why are reporters so insensitive when writing anyone over 50? On his Reflections of a Newsosaur blog, Alan […]

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16 Aug

Multitasking journos burn out early

A New York Times article follows the frantic – and fatiguing – environment of today’s multimedia journalist. Journalists at Gawker watch the “big board”, a computer screen that posts the […]

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16 Aug

Journalism warning labels

Comedian/blogger Tom Scott has created a series of journalism warning labels that can be applied to a variety of stories. Scott writes: “It seems a bit strange to me that […]

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12 Aug

Italian Vogue oil spill cover controversy

Italian Vogue‘s new issue features a cover and fashion spread with women beaching in oil-spills. Yahoo reports: “A new 24-page fashion spread in the September issue of Italian Vogue features […]

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11 Aug

Q&A with Globe foreign correspondent

Toronto Life‘s September issue includes a Q&A with Globe and Mail foreign correspondent Doug Saunders, who discusses his new book, visiting the world’s most dangerous slums and what Toronto is […]

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11 Aug

Sale of legal mags sends titles out of GTA

The Cartwright Group’s sale of Canadian Law Book to largely foreign-controlled Thomson Reuters constitutes a “major shakeup” in the magazine industry, D.B. Scott reports on his Canadian Magazines blog.Scott writes: […]

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