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Pressing Saudades

O Jornal de Toronto united the city’s Brazilian diaspora. As the paper…
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System Failure

Accessing government information in Canada is notoriously slow, often serving as more of a hindrance than a help for journalists. But The Globe and Mail’s Secret Canada project might be able to change that by providing a database of requests available to all.
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Game Changers

Canadian gaming journalism remains sparse despite the best efforts of key players in newsrooms
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Superhero, Not so Super Journalist

As we all know, Clark Kent, the hero’s civilian alias, spends his days as a reporter, and his love interest, Lois Lane, is also a journalist. But in a universe populated with aliens and supervillains, how realistic can the journalism be?

Chatelaine Then and Now

Is its focus on food the iconic magazine’s recipe for survival? I’m…
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Once a Journalist, Always a Journalist

Three pros share how the profession has defined them The ground floor…
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Wordless

It isn’t 1983 anymore—it’s time to move on from Microsoft Word We’ve…
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Anything You Can Do, AI Can(‘t) Do Better

ChatGPT can write opinions and advice—just not very well If you’ve been…
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Love at First Watch

The late 1990s and early 2000s produced numerous movies in which the female lead was a journalist. Two of the most prominent were 13 Going on 30, starring Jennifer Garner, and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, starring Kate Hudson. Both films portrayed the main character spending more time falling in love than meeting deadlines—probably not the best recipe for success in journalism.

Falling short, staying long

While cute animal antics seduce more eyeballs, the long narrative still has a few fans