Summer 2009: Table of Contents

Deconstructing Barry
Inside the mind of illustrator Barry Blitt: how he created that controversial New Yorker cover, the reaction it provoked and what he thinks about his Obama fist-bump now
by Ashley Walters

Passages to India
If outsourcing copy editing protects the odd daily, is it so bad?
by Sarah Bridge

The WoW Factor
The dailies say they must attract new readers or die. So why are they virtually ignoring millions of gamers?
by Joe Yachimec

Shadows and Light
The piercing perspectives of photojournalist Rita Leistner
by Chantal Braganza

Helter Shelter
As the economy and the housing market falter, can decor magazines remain standing?
by Morgan Dumas

Cold War
Face off at Air Canada Centre: a conflict between ownership and the press that’s just as tense as the action on the ice
by Andrew Wallace

Play Ballsy
The new trials and triumphs of female sports journalists
by Jordana Rapuch

CH-CH-CH-CH Changes
A successful news organization fades to black
by Natalie Russell

The Long Goodbye
Former Toronto Life editor John Macfarlane had his retirement plan all set. He’d edit books. He’d sit on boards. He’d travel. Then an ailing Walrus came to his door
by Greg Hudson

A Canadian in Paris
Gladys Arnold was an eyewitness to history, sending home reports on the Nazis’ rise, meeting de Gaulle, working for the Free French and earning a modest reputation as a trailblazer in Canadian journalism
by Kate Grainger

Hot Topic
When a Hasidic synagogue in Montreal asks a local YMCA to cover its windows so worshipping youth wouldn’t be exposed to sweaty women, is that news? The small story that ignited a huge debate
by Eve Tobolka