The Back Story

with Gabrielle Giroday

• Missing: 100 million baby girls

  Oh, the Economist. How I love thee, even though we have such a conflicted relationship.

  View Full Post | 15/03/2010 1:28 PM | 5

• Should blood and gore sell safety?

  I admit it, I'm a sceptic when it comes to advertising.

  View Full Post | 2/03/2010 10:10 AM | 1

• The $171 beer for ice fishers

  Here’s the thing about the law: it doesn’t breathe.

  View Full Post | 24/02/2010 5:15 PM | 7

• African Mafia: the power of a name

  Is there anyone I hang out with who didn't hear me tell them to run -- not walk -- to Cinematheque to see The Storytelling Class?

  View Full Post | 25/01/2010 2:17 PM | 4

• Police chopper donut runs and juror cats?

  Sometimes, the things I cover can be quite dark and disturbing. It’s the nature of the territory.

  View Full Post | 21/01/2010 6:17 PM | 4

• A ‘hot’ teacher and brave hockey player

  I recently wrote about how male victims of sexual assault might face social stigma in coming forward in ways that women don’t
  (thanks to a reader who eloquently pointed out that a sex assault series I wrote focused mostly on women, not men).

  View Full Post | 18/01/2010 10:54 AM | 2

• Streetz rocks. Chris Brown, woman beater, doesn’t.

  You may have heard that classic adage of journalism: "If it bleeds, it leads."

  View Full Post | 12/01/2010 11:22 AM | 1

• Bus shelter deaths and sex assaults

  I recently completed a series on sex assaults that I have to say was one of the most rewarding things I've taken on since I started the crime beat last March. This blog is about the back story of what I cover, but one basic of the back story for this series is this: sexual assault is a difficult topic that is hard to talk about and mostly ignored in media coverage given its prevalence, unless it's a particularly violent, random or startling attack.

  View Full Post | 8/01/2010 10:58 AM | 0

• On Compton vs. Winnipeg

  Some people go to California to relax. I tried my best.

  View Full Post | 14/12/2009 8:33 AM | 3

• Winnipeg runaways, Ottawa politicians

  It’s hard to sense sometimes which stories will blow up and which ones will sink quickly and quietly from public consciousness, barely making a whisper. Some of the stuff I’ve written that’s gotten top play is not what you might expect.

  View Full Post | 23/11/2009 1:17 PM | 3

• Surprise Canadian role in child porn

  Child porn tends to drive an extreme reaction in all of us: total disgust. The issue is supposedly coated in extremism because the thought is truly abhorrent to most.

  View Full Post | 19/11/2009 4:09 PM | 0

• The 14-year-old who fought back

  Reporters shouldn’t show bias, right? It’s a no brainer.  That being said, a very wise journalist once told me that if you have a bias to admit it up front.

  View Full Post | 17/11/2009 1:48 PM | 11

• The madam, the teen, and the teen’s angry mom

  I had the chance to spend a lot of time at the courthouse last week and this week.

  View Full Post | 12/11/2009 10:44 AM | 3

• Zombies attack?

  Let’s be frank – is there anyone who didn’t chuckle a bit at the insane 500 person turn-out for Winnipeg’s growing Zombiewalk?

  View Full Post | 29/10/2009 2:31 PM | 0

• African reaction to the Winnipeg police

  Last week, in the midst of the Unger story hullabaloo a much-overlooked report came out that touched on some pretty thorny issues to do with race and policing.

  View Full Post | 26/10/2009 11:13 AM | 11

• Gangs of Brazil

  Winnipeggers, as you prepare for another long, cold winter, do yourself a favour and pick up the 2002 film City of God from your local video store.

  View Full Post | 19/10/2009 11:04 AM | 2

• Not just another vigil

  Last night, I went to a vigil for the Sisters in Spirit organized by the Mothers of Red Nations.

  View Full Post | 5/10/2009 10:56 AM | 0

• Winnipeg's Most Wanted hit it big

  Det. Sgt. Clyde Raven means business.

  View Full Post | 20/08/2009 11:44 PM | 0

• What the Police Chief didn’t say

  It’s hard admitting you’re wrong – but I feel like I have to be as straight-forward as I can with readers so they know what my approach is and how I do my job.

  View Full Post | 18/06/2009 5:46 PM | 6

• Gang girls and police praise

  Sometimes, I prefer to let a little fiction do the talking.

  View Full Post | 17/06/2009 12:23 PM | 3

• Spanish words for a dead man

  

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  Evaristo Caniuman (FAMILY HANDOUT)

  I've had a story chewing on me since last Friday.

  View Full Post | 22/04/2009 2:11 PM | 0

• Am I reverse sexist? Good lord.

  Tuesday night, a spectacular story on two young female pilots and their incredible belly landing spawned a newsroom debate that had me questioning how true my feminist roots really are.

  View Full Post | 3/03/2009 11:09 PM | 15

• Stop whining about the economy (myself included)

  

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  Kim and James Wood (ERIN WALLIS PHOTOGRAPHY)

  Let’s be frank, this year has been the time we all want to curl up with a bucket of ice cream and go to town.

  View Full Post | 18/02/2009 10:34 PM | 1

• Sex, Pledges and Teenage Desire

  In journalism pieces, there’s what’s known as a talker.

  View Full Post | 14/02/2009 1:53 PM | 2

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