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Black History Month was first celebrated in Canada in 1950, but it wasn’t made official until December of 1995. With February coming to a close, we’ve got 28 days worth of Black History Month content to sift through. This week on Pull Quotes, we ask—what does that coverage look like? We look at what tropes continue to be perpetuated, and talk about the kind of coverage we want to see more of going forward.

Pull Quotes is produced by Lidia Abraha and Michal Stein. Thanks to Kamille Coppin for joining us this week. Thanks to Angela Glover and Lindsay Hanna for technical help. Sonya Fatah is the executive producer of Pull Quotes.

NOW Magazine: Black Futures Month

6 works of Canadian fiction to read for Black History Month

What layoffs at Elle Canada, Style at Home, and Canadian Living mean for the future of print

Eman Idil Bare’s tweet

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This week on Pull Quotes, we ask: how does women’s desire get talked about in the media? Around Valentine’s Day, sex and relationship content is top of mind for readers and for journalists. A lot of these stories can be told through the male gaze. We wanted to take a look at some of the stories told from a woman’s perspective.

Michal and Katherine also discuss Jill Abramson’s book “Merchants of Truth.” Vice journalist Michael Moynihan found passages from her book that appear to be lifted from other sources, including one passage from an RRJ story by Nicolle Weeks in 2005.

CONTRIBUTORS

Jaime Green is a freelance writer and editor. She writes a quarterly column for the New York Times Review of Books about romance novels.

Laura Hensley is a lifestyle reporter for Global News.

New York Times Book Review: Romance Novels

Sex Machina by Maria Yagoda

Laura Hensley on DJ Khaled

Laura Hensley on sleeping in separate beds

FLARE: Alternative Firsts

Thirst Aid Kit

RRJ: An Unexpected Fight for Facts

Jill Abramson interviewed by Brian Stelter on Reliable Sources

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By Lidia Abraha and Michal Stein

Toronto Star reporter Jennifer Yang talks about her feature, “Who are the Golden Girls of Prospect Cemetery and why did they decide to spend eternity together?” and Amy Padnani and Veronica Chambers from the New York Times talk about their obit project, “Overlooked.”

“Overlooked” is a space for obituaries for people who never received a New York Times obit when they died — people like Charlotte Bronte and Sylvia Plath. For Black History Month, they’re putting together a special edition of “Overlooked” that highlights the lives of Black people who did not receive a New York Times obit, like Scott Joplin, the pianist who composed the classic ragtime song, “The Entertainer.”

Thanks to On Being for letting us use a clip from Krista Tippett’s interview with Maira Kalman.

CONTRIBUTORS

Pull Quotes is produced by Lidia Abraha and Michal Stein. Jordan Currie contributed to Pull Quotes this week. Sonya Fatah is our Executive Producer. Thanks to Angela Glover and Lindsay Hanna for technical support.

Jennifer Yang is the identities and inequality reporter at the Toronto Star.

Amy Padnani is the digital obituaries editor at the New York Times.

Veronica Chambers is the archival storytelling editor at the New York Times.

Why most obits are still of white men (NYT)

How an obits project on overlooked was born (NYT)

Daily Things to Fall in Love With — a conversation with Maira Kalman (On Being)

Who are the Golden Girls of Prospect Cemetery and why did they decide to spend eternity together? (Toronto Star)

Overlooked (NYT, 2018)

Overlooked—Black History Month edition (NYT)

Why I quit entertainment journalism (NOW Magazine)

Eternity Martis’ tweet thread

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By Lidia Abraha and Michal Stein

Since the Ontario PC government announced the new “Student Choice Initiative” on January 17, the fate of student newspapers (and other student groups) is up in the air. Most student papers rely on ancillary fees in order to cover costs.

Campus newspapers do investigative, important work. They’re also the only media organizations critically examining and reporting on individual institutions. Last week, the Eyeopener broke a story about potential fund mismanagement by Ryerson Student Union executives. On the weekend, journalists at the Charlatan in Ottawa were first on the scene during a campus fire.

We spoke to journalists and editors from different student publications across Ontario about how the Student Choice Initiative might affect their newsrooms, and they tell us about the stories they broke that we may never have heard about if it wasn’t for campus journalism.

Contributors

Pull Quotes is produced by Michal Stein and Lidia Abraha. Sonya Fatah is the Executive Producer of Pull Quotes.  Thanks to Angela Glover and Lindsay Hanna for technical support.

Jack Denton is the Editor-In-Chief of the Varsity at University of Toronto.

Temur Durrani is a News Editor at the Charlatan at Carleton University in Ottawa.

Liane McLarty is the Managing Editor of the Eyeopener at Ryerson University.

Anchal Sharma is the Editor-in-Chief of the Fulcrum at the University of Ottawa.

Karen-Luz Sison the Editor-in-Chief of the Charlatan at Carleton University in Ottawa.

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By Lidia Abraha and Michal Stein

The Jewish media landscape in Canada was once a thriving, robust space. In the period up to World War II, that space was dominated by Yiddish publications. But in the decades that followed, Jewish media in Canada has dwindled to one major newspaper, the Canadian Jewish News (which nearly folded in 2013), and a handful of small local papers.

While a cursory glance at Jewish media  in the United States shows off an abundance of Jewish media outlets, they, too, are struggling. Just last week, the Forward —a 121-year-old Jewish American publication— announced that it is folding its print edition and moving to digital only. This not only marks a huge shift for the paper, but the news was accompanied by layoffs as well. (It’s been a brutal week for layoffs in the U.S.)

This week, we tried to figure out why the Jewish media in Canada is so small despite an active and engaged population of over 300,000. We didn’t come to any concrete conclusions, but in this episode you’ll learn a whole lot more about the history, legacy and possible futures of Jewish media in Canada.

Contributors

Pull Quotes is produced by Michal Stein and Lidia Abraha. This episode was also produced by Hannah Ziegler. Sonya Fatah is the Executive Producer of Pull Quotes.  Thanks to Angela Glover and Lindsay Hanna for technical support.

Ken Goldstein is a Winnipeg-based media economist and historian.

Tema Smith is the Director of Community Engagement at Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto and a freelance writer.

Yoni Goldstein is the Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Jewish News.

Dr. Rebecca Margolis is an associate professor in the Vered Jewish Canadian Studies Program at the University of Ottawa.

Bernie Bellan is the publisher and editor of the Jewish Post and News in Winnipeg.

David Zinman is the co-host and producer of the Treyf Podcast, based in Montreal.

https://www.canadalandshow.com/podcast/being-jewish-in-public/?fbclid=IwAR1IBWsWfCMz9jXbEJku3vzihvAu7da0Edd3rE_k4h8eNEuHVm2vw3j_qm8

https://www.canadalandshow.com/jewish-media-excludes-jewish-voices/?fbclid=IwAR1cVKA070bA0YYm7MNELar0QH4KwnIgcqfGfBd29ZbQOzv-stDM89JK9xo

https://www.canadalandshow.com/cjn-loses-mira-sucharov/?fbclid=IwAR2ztMYWKd9xhw0OLMrwmCVSJpL3OcgFw-Ac2P5z69WiYRA-kiq45Kayn3s

https://jewishtoronto.com/

https://jnf.ca/

https://cija.ca/

https://ijvcanada.org/

https://www.winchevskycentre.org/

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By Lidia Abraha and Michal Stein

On Monday, November 26, General Motors (GM) announced they will be closing their plant in Oshawa in 2019—putting nearly 3,000 people out of a job. Geoff Zochodne, a reporter for the Financial Post, joins us to talk about the history of the plant and what he’s looking towards as the story unfolds.

As this is our last episode until the new year, we invited some RRJ editors to join our Pull Quotes segment to do a look back at the year in review. They touch on Huffington Post’s new food podcast, an ad about false reports on residential schools in Saskatchewan, journalists calling each other out on Twitter, and more.

Contributors

Pull Quotes is produced by Lidia Abraha and Michal Stein. Sonya Fatah is the Executive Producer of Pull Quotes. Thanks to Angela Glover and Lindsay Hanna for technical support.

Geoff Zochodne

Adam Chen

Katherine Singh

Alexa Taylor

General Motors:

https://business.financialpost.com/transportation/autos/north-america-is-at-peak-car-what-does-that-mean-for-canadas-remaining-auto-plants

https://www.thestar.com/business/2018/11/27/oshawa-shutdown-was-a-shock-but-it-wasnt-a-surprise.html

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/11/27/why-impending-closure-of-gms-oshawa-plant-is-a-wake-up-call-for-canadians.html

https://business.financialpost.com/transportation/autos/gm-oshawa#comments-area

Pull Quotes:

https://twitter.com/JesseBrown/status/1065675931530989569

https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/saskatchewan-radio-ad-residential-schools-myths-1.4836348

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/11/18/born-raised-podcast-food_a_23592513/

https://twitter.com/sdbcraig/status/1067540013016076288

https://twitter.com/fitzpatrick_m/status/1064632206419812353

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/black_in_canada

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By Lidia Abraha and Michal Stein

The last few years have seen tremendous upheaval in terms of what we call women’s issues. In the United States, the election of Donald Trump prompted the birth of the Women’s March. Sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein last October brought activist Tarana Burke’s #MeToo movement to the mainstream.

More women are coming forward and talking about the systemic oppression they face. At the RRJ, we questioned if women’s media adequately tackles this issue. At this year’s RRJ Unpublished, we asked: is journalism failing women?

We brought six insiders to address this question: Carley Fortune, Sheila Sampath, Maureen Halushak, Eternity Martis, Lianne George, and Emma Jones. All of the speakers talked about how their publications are navigating women’s coverage.

On Pull Quotes this week, we’ve got highlights from the event. In our signature segment, we talk about Glamour magazine’s announcement about its transition to an online-only publication, and we also discuss the federal government’s tax bailout for Canadian media.

Contributors

Pull Quotes is produced by Lidia Abraha and Michal Stein. Our guest producer this week is Rhianna Jackson-Kelso. Sonya Fatah is the Executive Producer of Pull Quotes. Thanks to Angela Glover and Lindsay Hanna for technical support.

Carley Fortune is executive editor of Refinery29 Canada.

Sheila Sampath is the editorial and art director of Shameless Magazine. She is also the creative director of the Public, and an assistant professor at Ontario College of Art and Design.

Maureen Halushak is the editor-in-chief of FLARE, and she is working to make her platform more political.  

Eternity Martis is a senior editor at Daily Xtra. She also has bylines in VICE, Salon, Huffington Post, CBC, the Walrus, and Hazlitt.

Lianne George is the former editor-in-chief of Chatelaine, and is establishing George and Co., an editorial and creative agency.

Emma Jones is a former gender reporter at Discourse Media. She’s currently doing her Master’s in Urban Planning at the University of Toronto.

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By Lidia Abraha and Michal Stein

One of the main takeaways from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) report was that education reform is crucial going forward. In Ontario, that curriculum was targeted to take effect beginning in September of 2018. Curriculum writing sessions had been planned for July of 2018, but when the new Conservative government took office, those sessions were cancelled abruptly.

This week, we ask: why is there so much discomfort around talking about Indigenous issues when it comes to education?

Veteran education reporter Louise Brown joins us to talk about why this issue got less coverage than the cuts to the sex ed curriculum. Julian Brave Noisecat, writer and policy analyst, talks about the impact that this cut will have on reconciliation, and about the Indigenous People’s Atlas of Canada.

The Indigenous People’s Atlas of Canada is a four volume atlas written by Indigenous people and published by Canadian Geographic that tells the history of Indigenous Canada that extends well beyond Confederation. Its four issues are:

Truth and Reconciliation

Métis

First Nations

Inuit

Contributors

Louise Brown was an education reporter at the Toronto Star for more than 30 years, with a broad focus that ranged from kindergarten to graduate school. She retired in 2016.

Julian Brave Noisecat is a policy analyst for 350.org and has written for the The Guardian, CBC, Vice, Pacific Standard, HuffPost, Dissent, Indian Country Today, Canadian Geographic, Frontier Magazine, World Policy Journal and other publications. He is a correspondent for Real America with Jorge Ramos, contributing editor at Canadian Geographic and has appeared as a commentator on Marketplace, CBC, Al Jazeera, TVO, Fusion TV and France 24. Julian co-wrote the foreword to the Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada. He is a member of the Canim Lake Band.

https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/why-cutting-indigenous-revisions-to-ontarios-curriculum-is-a-travesty/

https://indigenouspeoplesatlasofcanada.ca/forewords/armageddon-in-our-bones-utopia-in-our-souls/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-education-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-trc-1.4739297

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-november-13-2018-1.4902679/indigenous-women-kept-from-seeing-their-newborn-babies-until-agreeing-to-sterilization-says-lawyer-1.4902693

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By Lidia Abraha and Michal Stein

When the Ford government cancelled the 2015 sex-ed curriculum and reinstated the 1998 curriculum, it meant that students would miss out on learning about non-binary gender identities and same-sex relationships. At least six families are bringing human rights lawsuits to the Ontario government because of this. As we look ahead to these cases, we ask: how are trans and gender non-binary voices represented and reported on in media?

This week we sit down with two journalists who are non-binary: Al Donato, an associate editor at Huffington Post Canada, and Alex Verman, a freelance writer who’s been published in THIS Magazine, Canadaland, Mic, Teen Vogue and on CBC News. In our panel discussion, we talk about how media organizations cover trans and non-binary voices in their reporting.

Pull Quotes is produced and hosted by Lidia Abraha and Michal Stein. Sonya Fatah is our executive producer. Thanks to Angela Glover and Lindsay Hanna for technical support.

Al Donato

Alex Verman

Alex Verman’s article published in THIS Magazine

Alex Verman’s article published in Canadaland

Al Donato’s article published in the Torontoist

TVO’s Word Bomb podcast

CBC article on Objective News Agency

Alex Abramovich’s research

Maclean’s December issue

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By Lidia Abraha and Michal Stein

When, on October 8 2018, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report was released, news of irreversible damage to the earth dominated the headlines. Back in 2016, 181 countries signed the Paris Accord, making a commitment to curb the global rise of temperatures at 2 degrees Celsius. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found that, in fact, things were much worse. Its prognosis?  We have 12 years to save the planet, and our new commitment should be 1.5 degrees celsius.

In this episode, we talk to Kyra Butterworth, senior online editor at the RRJ who covers climate change reporting. This week she worked on a story on IPCC scientists reacting to news coverage on the report. Listen to Kyra with us on Pull Quotes sharing what she learned and how journalists can improve their climate change coverage.

This podcast featured Kyra’s interview with Ivan Semeniuk, a science reporter for the Globe and Mail.

Pull Quotes is produced and hosted by Lidia Abraha and Michal Stein. Sonya Fatah is our executive producer. Thanks to Angela Glover and Lindsay Hanna for technical support.

Lidia and Kyra

Global warming must not exceed 1.5 degrees celsius

RRJ: BBC announces it’s position on climate change, will CBC follow?

Sam Oosterhoff leads the PC Caucus in a spooky rendition of “The Carbon Tax”

Sunny Dhillon’s editorial on leaving The Globe and Mail

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