David. Michael. Theo. Patrick. Greg. These are the names of the cartoonists I usually see as I flip through the Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, Montreal’s The Gazette, and the Winnipeg Free Press.
On the crisp evening of Nov. 28, the Toronto Reference Library is quiet with anticipation as images from five decades of The Fifth Estate illuminate the walls. As the hundreds of guests in the Bram & Bluma Appel Salon settle, a voice calls for everyone to take their seats.
In season three, episode five of Pull Quotes, the team examines the recent StarMetro cuts and the precarious nature of journalism. Hosts Ashley Fraser and Tanja Saric speak with Ryerson Review of Journalism web editor Hannah Alberga and Goldsmiths PhD candidate Sabrina Wilkinson, who both reported on the news.
Contributors: Ashley Fraser (chief podcast editor) and Tanja Saric (podcast producer) with technical production help from Angela Glover and Lindsay Hannah. Pull Quotes’ executive producer is Sonya Fatah.