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A robot looms over a scared man and his keyboard

Paranoid of the Android

It’s early October 2024, and the Toronto Star’s conference room is abuzz with anticipation. Stephen Ghigliotty, a marketing strategist with expertise in artificial intelligence, is preparing to host a five-hour learning session on the impacts of AI on journalism. The space is warm and welcoming, but beneath the surface lurks an undeniable undercurrent of fear. Ghigliotty can feel it when he steps into the conference room.
A woman in distress reading social media comments

Don’t Read the Comments

“Okay, ma’am,” a crackling voice interrupts the caller. “Ma’am, can I talk?” Minutes into her report to the Ottawa Police hotline, journalist Rachel Gilmore feels exasperated. She is reporting a violent email sent to The Hill Times’ Erica Ifill—a name-dropping salad of verbal abuse such as “woke,” “cunt,” and racial slurs—including death threats.

Baseball, Birding, and Chocolate Zucchini Cake

Looking back, where did I get the audacity to do that?” asks Emma McIntosh, reflecting on her early days as a journalist in high school. “There was this quote that went along the lines of ‘Mr. V. declined to comment, stating a desire to keep his professional life and community work separate.’ I was crazy.”
Bar graph describing the gender and race identities of the Review of Journalism compared to Canadian Newsrooms. 65% of RoJ journalists identify as marginalized in their gender identity compared to 53% in Canadian Newsrooms. 48% of RoJ journalists identify as racialized compared to 25% in Canadian Newsrooms.

2025 Diversity Report

The Review of Journalism strives to create a workplace and publication that reflects the diversity of both our readers and the stories we tell. Every year, our masthead publishes an anonymous breakdown of the race, gender, sexuality, and disability representation of our staff. This annual summary allows us to track progress over time and compare our newsroom’s diversity with other Canadian journalism organizations, as tracked by the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ).