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Strength in Numbers

In 1994, Fred Vallance-Jones had been a journalist for 10 years, travelling across western Manitoba reporting stories for CBC Radio. Intrigued by a new and rapidly growing type of journalism called computer-assisted reporting, he flew to Ottawa to attend a training session organized by the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ). “They pulled out this mysterious database software called FoxPro, and I was amazed by what it could do,” he recalls.
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Ukraine Dispatches

Thousands of miles away from his native Vancouver, journalist Tim Mak is…

Editors’ Note

Standing Our Ground This era is tumultuous for journalism. Another Trump presidency…

Pull Quotes – S7E2 – Animals in Focus with Jo-Anne McArthur

Marina Black interviews award-winning photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur about the art of animal…

Pull Quotes – S7E1 – Automation in the Newsroom with Lucas Timmons

Sandra Ingram interviews Lucas Timmons, who is currently working on automating parts…
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To My Mentor

Tears poured from Knežević’s eyes when the towers fell, recalls Wency Leung, now a reporter for the Toronto-based outlet The Local. On September 11, 2001, Leung was in her early twenties and working at Reuters, her first professional journalism job.