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Love at First Watch

The late 1990s and early 2000s produced numerous movies in which the female lead was a journalist. Two of the most prominent were 13 Going on 30, starring Jennifer Garner, and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, starring Kate Hudson. Both films portrayed the main character spending more time falling in love than meeting deadlines—probably not the best recipe for success in journalism.

Falling short, staying long

While cute animal antics seduce more eyeballs, the long narrative still has a few fans

Mind Matters

After years of being exposed to trauma, these journalists are advocating for better mental health support.
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Burnt Out

Wildfires, standoffs, and arrests: Inside the terrifying, underpaid lives of Canadian photojournalists
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Seeing Green

How the Toronto Star’s I-team and The Narwhal broke the Greenbelt scandal…
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Marion LaVigne on the Future of Up Here

The ‘voice of Canada’s far North’ closed its Yellowknife offices last year. Its publisher discusses the future of print magazines with the Review.
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Jennifer McGuire on the Future of Xtra and Pink Triangle Press

The managing director of 2SLGBTQIA+ publisher discusses the future of journalism amid evolving online ecosystem.
At a pro-Palestine rally in Toronto, a sign reads, "THE MEDIA IS BOUGHT BUT WE ARE NOT."

The Power to Narrate

The coverage of Israel–Palestine in Canadian newsrooms continues to downplay the state of Israel’s aggression and the killing of Palestinian civilians in occupied Palestinian territories.

How Queer Is the Review?

A look at four decades of queer-issues coverage In the past 40…