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May 24, 2024May 13, 20242024, Covering the Media, Featured, Long Reads, More Top Stories, Spring 2024

Good as Newsletter

Amid the instability of social media, email newsletters are back and booming When Brett Chang arrives at The Peak’s office, he doesn’t […]

May 23, 2024May 13, 2024Covering the Beats, Featured, Long Reads, More Top Stories, Spring 2024, Spring 2024

See No Innocence

Wrongful conviction reporting used to be a staple beat for papers. Now it’s all but disappeared. Mendleson first heard about Motherisk in […]

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May 22, 2024May 13, 20242024, Covering the Media, Long Reads, Spring 2024, Stories

Home Alone

Small-team, micro-budget independents and their big ambitions.

May 19, 2024May 13, 20242024, Quick Reads, Spring 2024

Accessing government information in Canada is notoriously slow, often serving as more of a hindrance than a help for journalists. But The Globe and Mail’s Secret Canada project might be able to change that by providing a database of requests available to all.

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May 18, 2024May 21, 20242024, Covering the Media, Featured, Long Reads, More Top Stories, Spring 2024

Game Changers

Canadian gaming journalism remains sparse despite the best efforts of key players in newsrooms

Clark Kent's office, equipped with a desk, chair, his hat and glasses, a photo of a woman, and his cape.

May 17, 2024May 13, 20242024, Quick Reads, Spring 2024, Stories

Superhero, Not so Super Journalist

As we all know, Clark Kent, the hero’s civilian alias, spends his days as a reporter, and his love interest, Lois Lane, is also a journalist. But in a universe populated with aliens and supervillains, how realistic can the journalism be?

May 16, 2024May 13, 20242024, Covering the Media, Long Reads, Spring 2024

Chatelaine Then and Now

Is its focus on food the iconic magazine’s recipe for survival? I’m on my way to meet a friend when I decide […]

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May 15, 2024May 13, 20242024, Journalism Behind The Scenes, Quick Reads, Spring 2024

Once a Journalist, Always a Journalist

Three pros share how the profession has defined them The ground floor of CBC’s Vancouver office is where Kimberly Ivany, producer for […]

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May 13, 2024May 13, 2024Digital stories, More Top Stories, Quick Reads

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.

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May 13, 2024May 13, 2024Covering the Media, Journalism Behind The Scenes, Spring 2024

Where the Wild Things Are

The challenges facing journalism on TikTok Ginella Massa is talking to strangers again. She’s in her house, holding her phone close enough […]

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