Clive Jackson discusses his thirty-five-year long career with Global TV and the future of journalism. By Cloe Logan In the 25 years Clive Jackson spent as the assignment editor at Global TV, Jackson brought acclaim to the station as both an expert chaser of breaking news and a master storyteller. Before his time on the […]
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Looking at the journalistic differences between Canadian and Latin American broadcasting. By Desirée Garcia Flipping through channels in Latin America, raw footage of shootings, torture and violence is as common as Saturday morning cartoons. Anyone who has grown up in a Latino-Canadian household has experienced the divide between the two styles of newscasting. The default […]
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Debate continues between journalists on whether you can produce a balanced story as an activist. By Nikitha Martins and Taesa Hodel A photo of hundreds of people marching down Davie Street cheering and waving pride flags is displayed at the head of Charmaine de Silva’s Twitter profile. During de Silva’s time as assistant news director […]
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What some journalists are doing to avoid Fake News. By Mandy Moon Canada doesn’t have a heavy-handed approach to how journalism is practised. But some say that a licensing system would improve the quality of reporting in this country, offering it as a possible solution to the problem of fake news. In December of 2016, […]
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Despite their significant progress, female sports reporters are still fighting for fair representation. By Desirée Garcia Karen Thomson’s love of competition drew her to sports as a child, though she never could have guessed what challenges awaited her as she progressed within the journalistic niche. Thomson, a veteran of TV and radio, credits her sports-loving […]
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A glimpse into the intrepid field reporter’s technological toolkit. Story by Mathilda de Villiers and Cloe Logan According to Katie Mercer, journalists who say the trade is broken simply haven’t adapted. “Print’s not dead,” she says. “It’s online.” Mercer is Glacier Media’s social media and web content guru. She oversees over 60 community publications, ping-ponging […]
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Mending the broken relationship between the Indigenous community and Canadian journalism. By Mandy Moon and Taesa Hodel One weekend about 50 years ago, in Port Alberni on Vancouver Island, a charity event was held where attendees were expected to show up in costume. On the following Monday, the front page of the Alberni paper ran […]
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With sizes of rural newsrooms dwindling down, a new business model could give smaller news publications hope for the future. By Cameron Thomson Small-town newsrooms are shrinking, and with them, the ability to produce groundbreaking investigative stories. The Discourse, in five short years, has become one of the few exceptions to that rule. The Vancouver-based […]
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Citytv’s bold move to nix traditional news anchors and steer towards a one-person newsroom. By Agazy Mengesha As the winds of change sweep across the media landscape, the technology used in broadcast journalism has, for the most part, remained constant. The focus in TV has been on enhancing the viewer experience, instead of changing it, […]
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An in-depth look at Quinn’s journey to reaching his 4 a.m. dream job. By Amanda Poole When Rick Cluff—the longtime host of The Early Edition—announced his retirement in December 2017, many wondered about the fate of CBC Radio’s flagship morning show. The show has been key to the success of Vancouver’s most-listened-to radio station, and […]
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