Livia Dyring

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Livia is in her final year of the Master of Journalism program and works on the Review’s senior editorial team. She is an associate producer at CBC Radio and has freelanced as a science writer. Livia is interested in art, science, current affairs, and stories that take a big perspective on the long, ongoing journey of humanity. When she’s not working, she loves listening to music, visiting art galleries, and spending time in nature.
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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…

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.