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Data privacy: Why should we care? 14 Jun 2013 | 10:12 am
News that the U.S government has been quietly collecting data from telephone and internet services has upset many of our neighbours to the south. But the story’s been raising privacy concerns up here,...
Generation Why: CBC News’ digital digest of must-read news for young Canadians 13 Apr 2013 | 08:58 pm
If you’re a Canadian under the age of 30, odds are you’re not reading a physical newspaper every morning or sitting down each night to watch the six o’clock news — but that doesn’t mean you’re not pay...
Vintage interviews with youthful Gen X sound awfully familiar 10 Mar 2013 | 06:03 am
While perusing the CBC archives recently, I came across some nifty items about my generation’s older siblings: the supposedly cynical members of Gen X. Here’s how the archive keepers describe them: Yo...
Time to pay attention to what’s happening in El Salvador 11 Feb 2013 | 08:13 am
One of my resolutions this year is to learn more about my birthplace and cultural homeland: El Salvador. I can already tell you that 2013 was the right year to commit. This is an election year, there’...
Missing David Rakoff 2 Oct 2012 | 09:13 am
This past August, we lost David Rakoff — a gifted humorist and storyteller who has been affectionately called Gen X’s Oscar Wilde and “one of the best pointed pessimists left“. Like many other fans, I...
Notes on Freedman’s Letters to a Young Journalist 22 Aug 2012 | 01:35 am
Samuel G. Freedman’s sage if sentimental book Letters to a Young Journalist is a meditation on what it takes and what it means to be a journalist. His intention is not to provide the “specific, situat...
The magic of Mars on social media 7 Aug 2012 | 12:09 pm
Hello friends, sorry I’ve been rather silent lately. The summer is a busy time for young writers at CBCNews.ca. It seems all the folks with families make sure they get their summer vacations, and we n...
6 Father’s Day gifts for unconventional dads 11 Jun 2012 | 04:21 pm
If your father — or papi, baba, tatay, pai, abba — doesn't really wear ties, hates golf, and couldn't care less about "the game" (whatever the sport may be), he's not alone. Here's a roundup of Father...
Media roundup: attempted arson at St. Joseph’s College School 3 Jun 2012 | 02:22 pm
Full disclosure: I used to go to St. Joseph's College School -- the all-girls Catholic school making headlines after the head custodian was slapped with several serious charges, including attempted ar...
What is journalism? An overview for the uninitiated 31 May 2012 | 07:53 am
This post was written for my 16-year-old cousin Lola, who recently told me that she wants to be a journalist. So, let's start by making sure she knows what she's getting into, shall we? Continue readi...
