The future of television?
Another short post, because I’m back to school and still mentally digesting my morning statistics class. (Here’s a math equation for you: Statistics plus a 10 a.m. class, to the power of three weeks vacation with no classes or work, equals what?) Yesterday I tweeted a New Yorker article about YouTube’s plans for cable-like niche [...]
Sample investigative journalism
A short post with a link to a considerably lengthier research piece I wrote for last semester’s investigative journalism course. In brief: The article used the then timely Attawapiskat crisis as a starting point to look into the condition of First Nations housing across Canada. Sources include various Canadian media, Statistics Canada, B.C. Stats, RIIC.ca, [...]
To have an opinion
To have an opinion, or not to have an opinion: A question that has governed my actions – or lack thereof – for quite some time. More accurately, I’ve struggled with whether it’s important to voice an opinion. Are our thoughts pulled out of us by others’ interest in what we have to say, or [...]
My first story
In my New Year purge of papers and knickknacks and clothes I never wear, I found a copy of my very first article, dating back to December 2007. It was a human rights column written for my high school paper The Empress, inspired by the all-too-familiar Robert Dziekanski case splashed across the pages of real [...]
Patenting DNA
Comparing mainstream and independent media content led me to AlterNet, and this article about private corporations patenting human genes and bodily tissues. All I can say is that I’m glad I read it earlier in the afternoon: It’s unbelievable enough to get the mind wandering, and terrifying enough to give anyone nightmares. The article is several [...]
Top 25 Underreported Stories
Recently stumbled upon a report that lists the top 25 underreported news stories in Canadian media between September 2010 and August 2011. Thirteen Simon Fraser University student researchers analyzed both mainstream and independent news sources to first compile a list of 100 important national or international stories that lacked media coverage during the past year – [...]