[This series of blogs for News and Current Affairs Theory has focused more on a single company’s coverage of a story on two different mediums. This blog is still looking at two different mediums, but regards two different companies as well.] By the nature of her celebrity, Kate Middleton is a name known all over…
Twelve years ago ended Taliban rule in Afghanistan, but recent draft changes to the penal code are bringing back memories of those dark days. The Afghani government is considering reinstating the stoning to death of adulterers. Quite fittingly, Al Jazeera covered this story on all of their networks. I am specifically going to looks at…
[Written November 1st, 2013] With one hundred days left to the Sochi Winter Games, more and more concern has risen surrounding the treatment of migrant workers in Sochi, Russia. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has done little to address the issue in a way that would have anything change. According to Human Rights Watch, tens…
Even if you have never stepped through the sparkling entrance of Honest Ed’s, as a Torontonian, you know the iconic building and its 23,000 lights creating that famous sign. Honest Ed’s was named after its original owner, “Honest” Ed Mirvish and opened in 1941. Ed Mirvish ran the store until his death in 2007. The…
On Monday, September 23rd, the development of a new Scarborough subway line was confirmed when the federal government pledged to give $660 million to the project. With all levels of government coming together and a live press conference, this story was covered by all major news networks in Toronto and some national networks as well. The story…
