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Dear Journalist Episode 1: A Code of Ethics?

In the first episode of Dear Journalist, Mark Henick interviews Kevin Newman, discussing with co-hosts Hannah Mercanti and Yezua Ho afterwards. Newman is a seasoned journalist with a distinguished career in the field, best known for his role as the former chief anchor of Global National and as host and managing editor of CTV’s W5. He shares insights from his extensive experience, and a valuable lesson he learned early in his journalism career.

Dear Journalist Podcast Trailer

Dear Journalist is a monthly podcast created by the masthead at the Review of Journalism, interviewing established Canadian journalists about lessons they were only able to learn in the field.
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Reviewed Trailer

This year the Review of Journalism turns forty. Join us for our 40th anniversary podcast, Review-ed Hosts, Mariana, Sahaana and Lidia will review Canada’s “watchdog on the watchdogs.” They’ll revisit past stories and explore how Review alumni, journalism and storytelling has changed. After four decades on assignment, it’s time for the Review to be Review-ed.

Pull Quotes Season 6 Episode 6: Iman Adem on the conundrums of photojournalism

Tara De Boer talks with Iman Adem about the ethics of photojournalism and exploitation of the subjects of photographs in today’s media environment
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  • April 28, 2023
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Pull Quotes Season 6 Episode 5: Hyeji Yoon on Western media coverage of North Korea

In the fifth episode of season six, host Silas Le Blanc talks to Hyeji Yoon about her Review-exclusive story on the way the Western media covers North Korea, and what it misses.
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  • April 26, 2023
  • 2 minute read
The CBC Toronto building as seen from one of the higher floors.

Forever Temporary

They work hard. They stick around. And yet many of them are never offered jobs. How CBC treats its temporary workers—and how some are fighting back.

Pull Quotes Season 6 Episode 4: Carly Penrose on the coverage of the Hockey Canada sexual assault scandal

In the fourth episode of season six, host Tara De Boer talks to Carly Penrose on her Review-exclusive story about carefully navigating the turbulent waters of the Canadian sports industry—and interviewing those who reported on it.
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  • April 14, 2023
  • 2 minute read

The Planetary Press

From communicating complexity, to the risk of scaring audiences away, environmental journalists face no shortage of challenges.

Pull Quotes Season 6 Episode 3: Maddy Mahoney on the evolution of advice columns

In the third episode of season six, host Silas Le Blanc talks to Maddy Mahoney on her Review-exclusive story about the history of advice columns, their advice columnists, as well as how the medium has evolved throughout the years.
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  • April 7, 2023
  • 2 minute read

Pull Quotes: Season 6, Episode 2: Tony Milton on the fall of Now Magazine

In the second episode of season six, host Tara De Boer interviews Anthony ‘Tony’ Milton on his Review-exclusive story about the past, present, and tentative future of Now magazine.
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  • March 31, 2023
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