Summer 2002: Table of Contents

"Fuck Corporate Media. We Want the Truth"
Is Indymedia, a global network of journalist-protesters, really an independent voice? Or simply a mouthpiece for the activist community?
by Anita Hayhoe

A Tall Order
His publisher wants a radical reconception. His publisher's boss wants a 12 percent return. When his new Maclean's finally debuts this summer, Anthony Wilson-Smith just wants to keep his bosses happy
by Nicole Axworthy

Hack of all Trades, Master of None
Convergence may be good news for business. So far it's bad news for journalists
by Tory Healy

O Critic, Where Art Thou?
When Jay Scott died in 1993, the art of thoughtful film reviewing in Canadian papers didn't die with him. The Globe and Mail, The Vancouver Sun, and The Toronto Star carry on the tradition, but too many others do not
by Lyndsay Gibb

Out of Print
So many books, so little space: Why are newspapers ditching so many reviews?
by Elizabeth Nyburg

Reviewer du Jour
Most restaurant critics love to dish the dirt. Not James Chatto. He serves up nothing but praise—and some of the best food writing around
by Maureen Halushak

Sex and the City Desk
Sex columnists are breaking out of the back pages of alternative weeklies. But will they make out in the main stream?
by Aileen Corr

Small Papers, Big Issues
The street paper movement was started by well-intentioned advocates for the homeless. Surviving on the streets, however, is proving to be a lot more difficult than they bargained for
by Ann M. Brown

Standing on Guard for THIS
A salute to 35 years of independent thought
by Miryana Goloubovich

Stations of the Cross
Most Canadians believe in a higher being. When it comes to dealing with issues of faith, though, too many broadcast-news executives are committing sins of omission
by Laurie King

Sticking It to Women’s Sports
For years, the media have shone the spotlight on male jocks. Now it’s time for female athletes to skate out of the shadows and settle the score.
by Lisa Goldman

The Dissident
Rick Salutin has made it into the mainstream. After heart surgery, first-time fatherhood, and 30 years of critical commentary, you might think he'd have mellowed. He hasn't
by Graeme McElheran

The X-ed Files
Behind closed doors, the feds have been erasing Canada's freedom of information act one line at a time. The public's right to know is being overridden by the government's right to say no
by Elaine O'Connor

Trial by Journalist
In Canada, you're innocent until proven guilty. You wouldn't know it from reading Christie Blatchford's columns
by Mike Drach

Trouble on the Home Front
The demand for shelter books has never been higher. As a result, Style at Home and Canadian House & Home have been duking it out like never before. But as the messy domestic dispute intensifies, fresh ideas and editorial distinctiveness have taken it on the chin
by Kate Arpaia