Canadian media: Where are they now?
The podcast production company Media Girlfriends has had an impressive three years! Led by journalists of colour Nana aba Duncan,…
The podcast production company Media Girlfriends has had an impressive three years! Led by journalists of colour Nana aba Duncan,…
Journalists complain about the rise and impact of public relations. It’s the “dark side”. Public relations (PR) “exerts a pressure”…
When Margaret Wente was getting busted repeatedly for plagiarizing, her publisher, The Globe and Mail, more or less defended her….
From time to time I like to check in on how news orgs are doing with their online publishing practices….
Headlines matter. Publishers know it. Good headlines help with the understanding, reach, and impact of a news story. Headlines frame…
https://www.wnyc.org/story/breaking-news-consumers-handbook-islamophobia-edition/ Source https://www.sherwinarnott.org/2019/09/style-guides-notes-on-jihad/
I like to imagine different metaphors for journalism. Consider that the press is a giant inertia machine, for example. I…
Good journalists do what they do because they care. They have interests. The organizations that employ journalists also are guided…
Misinformation is a big deal. Hate online is a big deal. And as the public catches up to their reach…
Meet the North wrote this story for National Geographic Russia. With each new border and political shift, the indigenous women…
We were eating more than I thought possible, including jellied whale casserole and fresh apricot buns, while Elizaveta Dobrieva’s family…
Here is Meet the North’s next National Geographic story. With each new border and political shift, the indigenous women of…
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…
Since early 2015, I’ve been traveling to communities all over the Arctic with photographer Eric Guth. Our mission is to learn about the…
After a 14 hour drive on non-roads across the tundra, we found them. The animals and the people who look…
Once upon a time in Antarctica, Jamie Coleman took this photograph. It reminds me of the calm days, when you can hear…
Whose lead would you follow? Photo by Eric Guth. Source
Let the world surprise you. This is Beringia National Park in Russia’s Far East. A spit of land between a…
It’s a good time to feast together, whether it’s Easter or Passover or Spring (or Fall!). Here we are sharing…
There is something so beautiful about the unexpected, plus these are Easter colours, perfect for this weekend. Welcome to Greenland! Photo…
I posted about notebooks a little while ago, remember? Then I told Rite in the Rain, who make all those notebooks,…
Abstract Arctic: I went to Costa Rica last week (warmth!!). The tropics sure are beautiful, but they sure can’t do…