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Reporting from the front lines
The military straightjacket limits much of what is reported from Afghanistan, but reporting independently is dangerous and difficult. Being an embedded journalist in Kandahar means 21 year olds with guns have your back, but your pen could be their greatest threat.
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Drawing the line
Editorial cartoons continue to make headlines around the world for being controversial, yet very few Canadian cartoonists have had their works ‘killed’ by an editor. What allows Canadian cartoonists to draw uncensored?
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Mexico: Self-censorship or self-defence?
Twenty-six journalists were killed in Latin America in 2006, 10 of them in Mexico. None of the Mexican deaths has been solved.
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Zimbabwe’s champion of the press
Geoffrey Nyarota was one of the most renowned journalists in Zimbabwe, and he knows it.
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Pity poor Maclean’s, or how he learned to stop fact-checking and love the scandal
The new editor-in-chief of Maclean’s changed the magazine’s editorial style and content to bolster sales. Critics say that’s a loss to Canadian journalism.
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The writing voice of Lezlie Lowe
Lezlie Lowe makes the reader think. Her combination of conversational tone and real, local characters appeals to readers.