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Ontario may be home to world-class mines, but it isn’t getting world-class returns. My goal with the Michener-Deacon investigation was to test the bold assertions made by government and industry when it comes to the value of mining. Coherent, unbiased, fact-based answers are hard to come by. In the investigation, I tested the arguments with […]
As a journalist who has worked most of the past 14 years in online news, I’ve often noted the changing dynamic newsrooms have with our audience. We are no longer focusing on reportage, or simply telling our audience the news – indeed, we are not just asking them to join the discourse and share their […]
Let me start by stating that the Michener Deacon fellowship for journalism education was an incredible experience. The four months on this project flew by with many teaching opportunities, travel to different journalism schools, and research. Here’s what I have accomplished in these past four months. Teaching at the University of British Columbia The School […]
In late 2008, I was a reporter for the Globe and Mail, preparing for my second assignment to Kandahar. I called up Lauryn Oates, a young aid worker who had spent years in Afghanistan, mainly training teachers. Her work was generating buzz from journalists and Afghanistan watchers in British Columbia, where I was based. We […]
Parliamentarians, recipients and finalists, Mesdames et Messieurs, Welcome, all of you, to this presentation of the Michener Award for Journalism at Rideau Hall the home of the people of Canada. More than an appropriate place for this ceremony. The best journalists are seekers of truth. You pursue stories that are in the public interest, shining […]
The Michener Awards ceremony is traditionally held at Rideau Hall, the official residence of the Governor General of Canada, located in Ottawa, Ontario. In 2020 and 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic made this impossible, and consequently the ceremony was moved online. On June 16th, 2023, we were delighted to return to an in-person celebration at Rideau […]
The Michener Awards Foundation chose Université Laval to offer, for the first time in French and in Quebec, a day of journalism training. The event took place on November 7 to a packed house. In front of an audience of journalism students from the Department of Information and Communication, Michener Award finalists and fellowship recipients […]
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