Category Archive: news

There’s still some bite in journalism

“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

Canadian-Iranian blogger facing execution

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

Remember that time I was on CBC radio?

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

G20 reports of media repression keep pouring in

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

From the breaking news desk: July 17 – 19

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

From the breaking news desk: July 9 – 12

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 Durham tots survive falls from windows

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

Climate change science more certain than ever

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

How to think about Climate change: discussing the discussion

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

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