Inside Wired and the Future of Digital News with Katie Drummond & Anita Li

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What's at stake when technology changes journalism? As we move deeper into a digital age, the way we engage with media – and the way it’s produced – is changing. What are the benefits, and the drawbacks, when technology intersects with journalism? Katie Drummond, Global Editorial Director of WIRED, joined Anita Li, CEO/Editor-in-Chief of The Green […]

Inside WIRED and the Future of Digital News with Katie Drummond & Anita Li

Toronto Public Library, Bram and Bluma Appel Salon

What's at stake when technology changes journalism? As we move deeper into a digital age, the way we engage with media – and the way it’s produced – is changing. What are the benefits, and the drawbacks, when technology intersects with journalism? Katie Drummond, Global Editorial Director of WIRED, joins Anita Li, CEO/Editor-in-Chief of The Green […]

Above the Fold: A Personal History of The Toronto Star

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In his posthumously published Above the Fold: A Personal History of the Toronto Star, legendary publisher John Honderich shares the inside story of operating a newspaper "for the benefit of the public." Honderich, who died suddenly in February, provides a historical first-hand account of his beloved newspaper's journalistic drive for excellence as it strived to live up to its […]

An Inside Look at Investigations into Sexual Abuse Allegations in Organized Hockey

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Investigative reporting on organized hockey in Canada has revealed a toxic culture of sexual, possibly illegal, misconduct. As a result, Canada’s governing body for its national sport – Hockey Canada – is facing an ongoing crisis and official scrutiny regarding its response to allegations going back to 1989, largely exposed by rigorous investigative journalism. The […]

Fighting ‘Fake News’ Ahead of the Election

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In partnership with       - VIEW THE PHOTOS - WATCH THE CONVERSATION FEATURING ASAPSCIENCE'S MITCHELL MOFFIT AND GREGORY BROWN, WITH SUPRIYA DWIVEDi, OR LISTEN TO THE PODCAST - WATCH THE CONVERSATION FEATURING CBC NEWS' KALEIGH ROGERS AND BUZZFEED NEWS' JANE LYTYVNENKO, WITH GLOBAL NEWS' FARAH NASSER, OR LISTEN TO THE PODCAST   Over the past three years, the precipitous rise of […]

Trust, Truth and Trump

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- View the Facebook Live - View the photos - View the video - Listen to the podcast Margaret Sullivan became The Washington Post’s media columnist in 2016 – the same year Donald Trump was elected president. Since then, she’s cast her critic’s eye across the journalism landscape: from the troubling “conjoined twins” relationship between Trump and Fox News, to […]