Spring 2009: Table of Contents

What about Bob?
Robert Hurst's decisions at CTV News have consequences. A Liberal leader stepped down. Viewers saw a killer's manifesto. A network revitalized its populist appeal. A case study in aggressive editorial leadership
by Laura Janecka

The Man Who Flipped Off Trudeau
Quebec journalist Michel Vastel was the troublemaker politicians feared, colleagues revered and readers cheered. The fight was his edge
by Barbara Jobber

Pissed Off
The Toronto Sun’s Lew Fournier is a whiz at writing tabloid headlines. Sadly, he’s the master of a dying art.
by Greg Harris

Barbed Relations
Does the military try to co-opt journalists? Of course it does. Do journalists push the limits? Of course they do. Our writer reports from the front lines of hide and seek.
by Heather Li

One Powerful Union Tactic
The inside story of the labour-management conflict at Le Journal de Québec
by Carolyn Morris

Missing Links
There’s a divide between what we should know about science and what we learn from most newspapers. Why Anne McIlroy is one of the few journalists bridging the gap between the dinosaur era and the 21st century—and beyond
by Marit Mitchell

Rookie of the Year
New editor Sarah Fulford changes tacks at Toronto Life
by Morgan Passi

The Body Politic
Columnists are supposed to be provocative and contrarian. In Canada, nobody does it better than Terence Corcoran. But how much of his bombast and umbrage is just for show?
by John McGrath

The Mission
The 180-year-old United Church Observer remains a shining light among religious publications. As congregations dwindle, however, how long can it continue to tackle controversy and wrestle with the meaning of faith?
by Christal Gardiola

Hysteriosis
Did the media overreact when reporting the Maple Leaf tainted-meat outbreak?
by Jacqueline Nelson

Proceed with Caution
Sex sells. But shouldn’t the facts be right first? The naked truth on why you should be leery of stories on rising rates of rampant and risky teenage sex
by Jenelle DaSilva-Rupchand

Declarations of Independence
Privately owned alt-weeklies are quick to point out the failings of their big-corporate counterparts. But are the indies really a better alternative?
by Daniel Kaszor

Guerillas in our Midst
The Citizen Janes represent a trend that’s raising a little hell in newsrooms. But just how good is citizen journalism?
by Molly Doyle

ideasman
For half a century Lister Sinclair treated CBC listeners to lively discussions on the world as he thought it. He was, for example, as comfortable holding forth on Law and Order as he was on classical music. The life and death of a celebrated public intellectual
by Claudia Calabro

Book Camp
The writers, the parties and one memorable elk: a look at two decades of Banff’s exclusive Literary Journalism program
by Alison Gorham

Gearing Up
The race is on to become Canada’s premier site for online news. An update on who’s leading, who’s lagging and why some private competitors feel cbc.ca has an unfair advantage
by Lora Grady