This NYT article points to the newspaper of a college city in Kansas as being an incubator for some very interesting experiments in moving journalism online.

The NYT's Frank Rich argues the Bush administration wants to make PBS and NPR state propaganda agents, not kill them off. But he also talks about how the Republicans may have been too clever.

The Globe and Mail's Elizabeth Renzetti at an obituary writers' convention in Bath, England.

The BBC examines why the U.S. media is so ga-ga about one missing teen who went to the Caribbean island of Aruba on a holiday.

Ontario's court of appeal has declined to order that a 700-page report on the case of Stephen Truscott be made public.

Toronto Star public editor Sharon Burnside talks about the paper's time-honoured full-court press strategy on the big story of the day.

Deepa Mehta's new film Water will get the opening-night gala slot at the Toronto International Film Festival this year.

The Toronto Star story says Mehta is "best known for her 2002 satiric romp Bollywood, Hollywood ...".

What a mediocre piece of crap to be best known for. If you haven't seen it, don't. If you want to watch a great Indian wedding film, rent Monsoon Wedding.

In 1981, Toronto had six census tracts where one ethnic group made up 30 per cent of the population or more. In 2001, that number jumped to 254.

Toronto Star reporter David Bruser tried to imitate a red-state American in Taranna and, oddly enough, didn't find a totally warm reception in Kensington Market!