The Role of the Media in a Time of Crisis
When I became a journalist, I stumbled into the greatest job in the world. But now, its future is uncertain
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What the Death of Local News Means for the Federal Election
In the absence of media scrutiny, politicians have started to spin their own stories
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The Switchboard Operators Politicians Feared
A team of eight women at the Toronto Star became legendary for finding people no reporter could track down
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Why Google Has a Responsibility to Fight Fake News
Google gives a platform to sites that deal in outright lies and innuendo—and that’s a problem
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Pressing On
Silicon Valley can replace newspapers with smartphones, but it can’t replace journalists
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Charity Case
As Postmedia’s newspaper woes demonstrate, the free market can no longer guarantee the survival of high-quality journalism
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No News is Bad News for Kids
Why isn’t Canada producing current affairs television for children?
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Bohemian Days on Richmond Street
Drawing inspiration for thewalrus.ca from an ink-stained Nostradamus
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Master of Journalism
The maverick outsider who became Nunavut’s one-man press club
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