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Alex Boyd on journalistic responsibilities when reporting abroad

In the fifth episode of this season’s Pull Quotes, we spoke with Toronto Star reporter Alex Boyd about her recent three-part digital series, “Fighting for a Shot,” looking at the global vaccine rollout for COVID-19 and how it left some countries behind.

Andrew Oliphant
March 23, 2022
2 minute read

Geoff Dembicki on cops infiltrating climate justice movements

In the fourth episode of this season’s Pull Quotes, investigative climate reporter Geoff Dembicki spoke with Gabe Oatley, the podcast’s editor and co-host, about his recent VICE story, How a married undercover cop having sex with activists killed a climate movement.

Gabe Oatley
March 14, 2022
2 minute read

Adam Feibel on building a career in music journalism, Billy Talent and why punk’s still cool

For this week’s episode, Pull Quotes’ Guest Podcast Producer, Annika Forman, sat down with music journalist Adam Feibel to learn more about his Exclaim! Magazine feature Billy Talent Are More Relevant Than Ever along with his path to music feature writing and a fun story of how he interviewed the band.

Annika Forman
March 1, 2022
2 minute read

Nicholas Hune-Brown on international students, vivid scenes and reporting from a distance

In season five, episode two, we take you behind the scenes of Nicholas Hune-Brown’s feature The Shadowy Business of International Education. In this episode, Hune-Brown talks to co-host Rahaf Farawi about what drew him to the story, how he gathered rich scene material over Zoom and how this became the longest story he’s ever worked on.

Rahaf Farawi
February 14, 2022
1 minute read

Richard Warnica on art fraud, fragments and anxiety

In the season opener of Pull Quotes, Toronto Star feature writer Richard Warnica joins Gabe Oatley, the podcast’s co-host, to discuss his recent feature Rothko at the Inauguration. This season’s podcast takes you behind the scenes of Canada’s top long-form stories. In this episode, Warnica talked about his half-decade long journey to write this story, his method for writing great scenes and vivid descriptions and how anxiety has affected his writing.

Gabe Oatley
February 1, 2022
1 minute read

Pandemic Gains

How three student publications managed to adapt during a pandemic. The pandemic…

Leen Blaibleh
May 19, 2021
5 minute read

map of GTA with local news closures indicated

Local Journalism Needs A Boost

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the deficit of local journalism in GTA communities. This is why it matters.

Téana Graziani
May 5, 2021
5 minute read

A young man lies on the ground, his face covered in sticky notes

Op-ed: The Case Against Unpaid Internships

Unpaid internships are commonly accepted practice in journalism, but these opportunities are only available to students with the privilege to work without pay.

Vanessa Quon
April 30, 2021
7 minute read

Man looking at the bright screen of a phone looking of a Passover Seder Plate

The Many Lives of The Canadian Jewish News

The CJN is in the midst of its second resurrection of the decade. With a shift in organizational structure style & focus it hopes for a stable and enduring future.

Joseph Fish
April 27, 2021
7 minute read

In Defence of Good News

The experience of living through a pandemic is drawing audiences away from hard news and towards good news stories and solutions journalism.

Danielle Neri
April 14, 2021
5 minute read