“Journalists are society’s watchdogs.” The phrase seems so clichéd … and yet powerful investigative journalism is so important (and maybe even on the up and up!). Given that it’s so expensive, time-consuming, and — frankly… Read More
If you haven’t heard of Hossein Derakhshan, the first thing I should tell you is that we need to save his life. Derakhshan, also known as “Hoder” and the “blogfather” is a Toronto-based blogger… Read More
Not that I like how I sound on the radio or anything (real talk: I don’t) but I do need to highlight my first interview on the Ceeb anyway…especially because I have an… Read More
The Canadian Journalism Foundation From the J-Source newsletter: THE BIG ISSUE G20 reports of media repression keep pouring in After the G20 folded its tent, first-hand accounts of media repression have continued being posted… Read More
Keeping cool in the world’s hottest spots Think it’s sweaty in Toronto? Try taking a vacation to El Azizia, Libya. The small desert town has the distinction of dealing with the highest temperature… Read More
It was a very grim series of shifts this time around. Many tragedies and close calls. Here’s the latest list of breaking news stories that I authored. Child choked by window blind cord… Read More
Two toddlers were taken to hospital Friday after falling from windows in two separate incidents, both in the Durham region. In the morning, a baby boy just shy of two-years-old fell from the… Read More
Today, for the first time, I called the mother of a victim who was shot–specifically, a 14-year-old boy who was sprayed with bullets through the window of his own home. Fortunately, the teen… Read More
By Anthony L. Westerling Assistant Professor, UC Merced POSTED April 9, 2010 11:39 p.m. in the Turlock Journal Reprinted with permission of the author Numerous polls have shown a decline in U.S. public… Read More
It’s no surprise to hear all-encompassing statements about the press, as if it were a monolithic blob of “media.” One such claim is as follows: when it comes to climate change, journalists “aren’t… Read More
