5 pages., Online via publication website., Includes follow-up perspectives about media coverage from several authors who contributed to a climate change report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Author interpreted the responses as indicating that journalists have generally done a thorough job, but have missed "a few major findings."
3 pages., via website,Ryerson Review of Journalism., On November 16, the RRJ published a piece on CBC’s Johanna Wagstaffe and the audience reaction to reporting on climate change. This week, we interview CBC’s Asia correspondent, Saša Petricic, on what factors he considers when reporting on natural disasters.
5 pages., via website,Ryerson Review of Journalism., Award-winning Gitxsan reporter Angela Sterritt says that journalists can do a much better job of covering Indigenous communities. In a webinar hosted by Magazines Canada, and aptly named, “Reporting in Indigenous Communities: How to Get it Right,” she highlighted problems in current Indigenous coverage and offered tips for future stories.
5 pages, Includes discussion about role of the media in the "great Alar scare of 1989" which harmed the apple industry and turned out to be a false alarm.
6 pages., Author asks: "We are what we eat. So why can't we get our recommended daily intake of agricultural news?" Describes erosion of agricultural coverage by newspapers in Canada. Identifies expressions of hope that the agriculture beat will extend to the consumer beat.
2 pages, "In fact, it might be argued that this is one of those rare stories that ends with everyone looking good - the government for enacting the new law, the food manufacturers for responding to consumer pressure, and the media for bringing an under-exposed danger to light"