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 –…
Depending on the day here in Wainwright, you could be caught in an intense firefight, fleeing for your life, or you could end up sitting around, eating all day as you fiddle with a newspaper layout. I definitely prefer the exciting days. Yesterday, I woke up early and went out to a village with a…
Being a part of military life is addictive, especially when your first experience as an embedded journalist is a positive one. The things I’m learning about journalism and the military are really making this experience worthwhile, and the conversations (like the quote in the title) make the long hours enjoyable. Exercise Maple Guardian has begun…
Here are my thoughts on today’s headlines. Everything but the titles is written by yours truly. Britons spending almost half the day plugged in by Neil Midgley: About 45 per cent of the average Briton’s waking hours are spent using some type of technology, whether it’s surfing the Internet, watching television, listening to the radio or texting…
Here are my thoughts on today’s headlines. Everything but the titles is written by yours truly. Conservatives’ irrational crime laws make no sense, cost billions of dollars by Neil Boyd: The Conservatives have decided to allot billions of dollars towards the construction of new federal and provincial prisons. This is yet another step in the…