Journalism & Media
On Campus
Combatting quackery
Dedicated to promoting science literacy and to pushing back against misinformation, McGill’s Office for Science and Society (OSS) regularly reaches large audiences through a variety of means (podcasts, newspaper columns, YouTube, online courses) to further its mission of “separating sense from nonsense.”
People
The spotlight is on Sachedina
When Omar Sachedina, BA’04, became the new chief news anchor and senior editor for CTV National News, he took on one of the most prominent roles in Canadian journalism. Under the best of circumstances, it would be a challenging job – and the circumstances were far from ideal.
People
Championing the deep dive of investigative journalism
Allya Davidson, BA'09, has spent her career working on impactful documentaries for broadcasters like PBS, CTV and CBC.
Culture
A connoisseur of crime narratives
As a grad student, Sarah Weinman, BSc’00, observed autopsies and visited crime scenes. Today, the award-winning writer/editor is a leading authority on the crime fiction and true crime genres, and the crime columnist for The New York Times Book Review.
Culture
The surprising rise of Canadaland
How Canadaland founder Jesse Brown, BA’00, built a thriving podcast network that breaks big news stories, attracts 100,000 listeners each week and does something that few media organizations in Canada have managed to do – it makes a profit.
Health
McGill experts tackle myriad COVID-19 issues in the media
Joe Schwarcz, the director of McGill's Office for Science and Society, is one of the many McGill experts that journalists have sought out for their thoughts on the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Campus
100 years of the McGill News
Over the course of two world wars, a Cold War, a space race, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the rise of the internet and 11 McGill principals, the McGill News has been turning up in the mail boxes (and now the inboxes) of McGill graduates for a century.
People
Clean capitalism’s corporate crusader
Near the peak of the dot-com boom, and not long after he graduated from McGill, Toby Heaps wanted to write about socially responsible business.
Society
Nothing fake about it
A turbulent White House. An antagonistic president. An ongoing investigation into Russia’s attempts to influence the2016 election. And, of course, those never-ending incendiary tweets. Meet theMcGill alumni in hot pursuit of some of the most important stories coming outof Washington.
People
Guiding us through the hot story of the day
After making her mark as a prize-winning investigative journalist for the Toronto Star, Jayme Poisson, BA’06, is now the voice behind Front Burner, the new CBC News daily podcast.
Society
“Fake news” with a purpose
A recent video proclaiming the cancer-busting properties of a species of moss turned out to be phony – and that was the point. Created by McGill’s Jonathan Jarry, BSc’03, the video demonstrated how easy it is for a conspiracy theory to go viral.
People
Fashionably incisive
Ten years ago, no one in the world of fashion knew who Imran Amed, BCom’97 was. Today, the Business of Fashion founder’s insights into the industry are so prized, he has become the trend-spotter that trend-setters rely on.