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Category: Fun and Games

A collection of stories that are more lighthearted in nature.

Magazine Madness Crossword
April 30, 2025April 21, 20252025, Fun and Games, Spring 2025, The Magazine, Under Attack

Crossword – Magazine Madness

Think you know your Canadian magazines? Prove it….No Googling If you are interested in printing out the crossword and doing it on […]

Image of an apocalypse. A city highway wrecked, smokey landscape no people anywhere
April 30, 2025April 23, 20252025, Fun and Games, Spring 2025, The Magazine, Under Attack

What Type of Journalist Would You Be In the Apocalypse?

The world has officially gone to hell—whether it’s zombies, climate catastrophe, nuclear war, artificial intelligence, robots, or just late-stage capitalism finally collapsing in on itself. But guess what? Journalism never dies. The people need information more than ever, and it’s your duty to get out there and tell the story.

An illustration of a polar bear crying
May 3, 2024May 3, 20242024, Climate Crisis, Fun and Games, Spring 2024, Spring 2024, The Magazine

The Climate Crisis Crossword and Glossary

  The Climate Crisis Crossword The climate Crisis—and our reporting on it—is ever-changing. See if you’re topped up on terminology from temperatures […]

A head of lettuce with googly eyes.
October 13, 2023January 3, 2024Digital stories, Fun and Games, Multimedia, Quick Reads, Stories

Quit When You’re A Head…of Lettuce

Would Liz Truss resign before a fresh lettuce went mouldy? The Daily Star’s Ed Keeble live streamed a lettuce to find out, turning planned vacation time to a viral sensation on social media.

June 9, 2023September 11, 2023Covering the Media, Fun and Games, Quick Reads, Spring 2023, Stories, The Magazine

Console Yourself

Why play video games to escape reality when you can be reminded of our modern hellscape while you play?

April 25, 2023September 11, 2023Covering the Media, Digital stories, Fun and Games, Quick Reads, Spring 2023, Stories

Turn up the Heat!

Responsible reporting? Nah! Here’s how to get clicks on your climate stories

A crossword in a newspaper.
April 23, 2023September 11, 2023Fun and Games, Spring 2023

How Well Do You Know Your Canadian Media?

See if you can name 14 news outlets, from coast to coast in this interactive crossword by Emily Clare Elliott.

Feature graphic for Anthony Milton's story on bad data.
April 14, 2023September 11, 2023Digital stories, Fun and Games, Quick Reads, Spring 2023, Stories

Data Crimes and How to Atone for Them

Many journalists enter the field to interview people, not data. Here are three bad graphs by working journalists, and how you can do better

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