Hyperlinking in Canadian journalism (Case study, IPBES report)
Quality online publishing requires responsible hyperlinking. And quality journalism requires good linking too. If news orgs are serious about being…
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Quality online publishing requires responsible hyperlinking. And quality journalism requires good linking too. If news orgs are serious about being…
My local gym and community centre is awesome. It’s a little less than three kilometres from my home. The pool…
Journalism is often spoken of in terms of democracy, liberalism, public service, development, informed citizenry, and progress. “Speaking truth to…
Deep fakes, or the ability to manipulate people’s actions in videos, were in the news recently. Macleans wrote a very…
I campaigned during the first and second referendums we had here in BC regarding proportional representation. We won the first…
My father recently sent me these amazing resources about various risks due to earthquake around Victoria.1 I immediately had to…
Their (the IPCC’s) dramatic report on keeping that rise under 1.5 degrees C says the world is now completely off…
BC municipal elections are October 20th. Go vote. I don’t normally publicize my picks, but the choices this year will…
The Federal Court of Appeal ruling, Tsleil-Waututh Nation v. Canada (Attorney General) has put a stop to the Trans Mountain…
99% Invisible did an episode on the interrobang recently. I was interested to learn that early Greek and Roman writing…
Ottawa fails to find new buyer for Trans Mountain pipeline by deadline The federal government is set to become the…
CRA loses court challenge to its political-activity audits of charities An Ontario judge has pulled the rug out from the…
All right, back with the scraps! Do google NUMTOTS :) Is public transportation a human right? How to fill Greyhound’s…
BC has municipal elections in October this year and I will be voting for the candidates whose policies, values and…
I’m loving this article written on the Sewcialists blog. It’s a blog with the goal of making the sewing community…
When the Law Society of BC initially granted accreditation to Trinity Western University in 2014 I was angry. It was…
On my view the news media in Canada have, by and large and in the long run, misrepresented the concept…
I think a lot of non-Muslim folks don’t understand that jihad has good meanings. When a Muslim person gives birth,…
Here’s the A Section of the Globe and Mail. It’s the BC edition for June 2nd, 2018. There are 19…
I’ve been very interested in microblogging lately. That is, I’ve been looking into microblogging on a platform that’s not Twitter…
Hello April, you’re one long slow exhale and multiple breaths of fresh air after what was (for me), a long…
Pointy hand feature image of me courtesy Sherwin, who gets to hear me at my opinionated “best” (though not as…
Clearly, I’ve gotten out of the habit of collecting my thoughts and posting them. I noticed this morning that my…
Last year a story was making the rounds about a bright six year old, Levi Budd. Levi wanted to know…