Graham Roumieu

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May 2024 / Media

Beware of the Newsroom-Destroying “Answer Engine”

March 4, 2024March 6, 2024 - by Graham Roumieu

Tech companies are creating conditions that will deal a death blow to journalism everywhere

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January/February 2024

Editor’s Letter: Social Media Has Lost Its Shine

January 19, 2024January 18, 2024 - by Graham Roumieu

Online platforms are becoming more “enshittified” by the day

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December 2023

Editor’s Letter: Why We Can’t Unfriend Big Tech

December 7, 2023December 7, 2023 - by Graham Roumieu

The Online News Act has us re-evaluating our relationships with major platforms

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September/October 2023

Editor’s Letter: Why We Can’t Trust AI

October 5, 2023October 4, 2023 - by Graham Roumieu

Once, disinformation came solely from humans. Now it’s a feature of the machines that run our lives

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June 2023

Editor’s Letter: Documenting How We’ve Changed

August 10, 2023 - by Graham Roumieu

Our twentieth anniversary issue began as a post-pandemic project—but became personal

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July/August 2023

Editor’s Letter: Indulging Our Love of Words

August 4, 2023August 4, 2023 - by Graham Roumieu

Pleasure is the only organizing principle of the fiction and poetry we publish

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May 2023

Editor’s Letter: What Remains When Everything Changes?

April 4, 2023April 4, 2023 - by Graham Roumieu

Taking inspiration from a Greek myth, we’re pressing forward in a transformative time

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March/April 2023

Editor’s Letter: Broadening Our Reach

March 17, 2023March 16, 2023 - by Graham Roumieu

We’ve been stuck in Toronto for far too long. How have we expanded our coverage?

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January/February 2023

Editor’s Letter: The Fight for Good Journalism

January 30, 2023January 26, 2023 - by Graham Roumieu

As the tide of online disinformation swells, fact checking can help build trust in media

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December 2022

Editor’s Letter: Keeping in Touch

November 29, 2022 - by Graham Roumieu

We don’t have to wait for the return of the “old ways” to feel connected

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Beware of the Newsroom-Destroying “Answer Engine”

Editor’s Letter: Social Media Has Lost Its Shine

Editor’s Letter: Why We Can’t Trust AI

Editor’s Letter: Documenting How We’ve Changed

Editor’s Letter: Indulging Our Love of Words

Editor’s Letter: What Remains When Everything Changes?

Editor’s Letter: Broadening Our Reach

Editor’s Letter: Keeping in Touch

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