Category: Quick Reads
Short, snappy pieces that should take you 10 mins or less to read!
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
The Planetary Press
From communicating complexity, to the risk of scaring audiences away, environmental journalists face no shortage of challenges.
A Clear and Chilling Danger
What are the solutions to the dramatic rise in online violence against women reporters? Two prominent journalists speak up
Total System Overhaul
Big tech companies can be as powerful as governments. But will major Canadian newspapers hold them accountable?
Uphill Struggle
Fully informing people about the increasing dangers to a planet in peril is proving to be a Sisyphean task. How Journalists can rise to the challenge
The Word on the Street
From Cree to Dene to Inuktitut, journalists across Canada are contributing to a nation-wide effort to revitalize Indigenous languages.
Behind The Camera
On a frosty January morning this year, Tori Yorgey was reporting on water main breaks for WSAZ NewsChannel 3 in West Virginia, when she was hit by a car on live television. Yorgey was taken to a hospital to be checked out and suffered no lasting injuries, but the incident highlighted just how dangerous the job of a solo video journalist is.
Dos and Don’ts
Mike LaPointe darts back in from the cold, flexing his fingers to warm them up as he sits down to write. One hour inside, then back out to report some more. He pens just 100 words, then goes back to covering the story occupying the heart of Ottawa—the trucker protests.
Unionland
Jesse Brown didn’t fight his shop’s unionization. The brash publisher of Canadaland, a leading digital podcast company, welcomed his staff’s effort to form a union in 2020, and took the same approach to hammering out their first contract, which was announced publicly by the union on January 20.