Bren Doherty

Writer-for-hire: @TorontoStar, @futureofgood, @TVO, @Wealthsimple, @maisonneuvemag, and elsewhere. Your publication, perhaps? #BLM
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[Bren Doherty @Bren_Doherty]

Leaving the Hell Bird for a little while. I'm always at [email protected]. Stay classy.

[Sarah Rieger @sarahcrgr]

The police response in Calgary to the university student protest last night is a noteworthy contrast to police responses to neo-Nazi and anti-LGBTQ+ rallies in this city. I've lived here my whole life and am shocked to see the different approaches.

[Shree Paradkar//श्री पराडकर 🍁 @ShreeParadkar]

Last night’s vigil by Canadian journalists for our peers killed in the Middle East, mostly Palestinian but also Israeli and Lebanese, was sober, thoughtful and much needed. Who was there - and who wasn’t - was also telling.

[Bren Doherty @Bren_Doherty]

@EmmaMci @SKRollins Yeah totally. I think there ought to be an expanded version of that.

[Bren Doherty @Bren_Doherty]

@SKRollins @EmmaMci I'm not necessarily anti-paywall, for the record, but I'm not sure news orgs can describe themselves as providing journalism the public has a right to know, then complain when said public wants to see that information for free.

[Bren Doherty @Bren_Doherty]

@SKRollins @EmmaMci I think your point illustrates the trouble I (and others) have with the paywall debate. Journalism is a public good, and journalists need to eat, yet the majority of news orgs are for-profit businesses. Paywalls cut off the public from the info we say they need to know.

[Bren Doherty @Bren_Doherty]

@EmmaMci Ahhhh OK. I get the frustration around paywalls, I'll be honest, but in the absence of robust public or nonprofit funding for newsrooms, there aren't many other ways for journalists to pay the bills.

[Bren Doherty @Bren_Doherty]

@Songstress28 Thank you Brandi. You're an inspiration, and I'm so glad you've been released. The fact police forces can get away with arresting a journalist for documenting what can only be described as a purge of unhoused Indigenous people from their homes is despicable.

[Bren Doherty @Bren_Doherty]

@EmmaMci It's still jammed down to one lane on Eglinton approaching Yonge tho - but yeah, unbelievable to see.

[Sarah Rieger @sarahcrgr]

"Workers with sensory or learning disabilities are 20% less likely to have been offered a promotion than their non-disabled counterparts." Good read from @Bren_Doherty @globeandmail https://t.co/hRUBfALONR

[Ramona Leitao @RamonaLeitao]

Hey everyone! I'm currently covering food and restaurant stories for @blogTO! Feel free to DM or email me if you have any news tips.

[Bren Doherty @Bren_Doherty]

@alex_n_boyd

[Bren Doherty @Bren_Doherty]

@SammyHudes YYC: Boys with the big hats.
YEG: Boys with the hard hats.

[Bren Doherty @Bren_Doherty]

@alex_n_boyd @RosaJSaba @SammyHudes @andrew_jeffrey Twas a cow, techically, but yes! Hurt just as much as falling off a steer.

[Bren Doherty @Bren_Doherty]

@EmmaMci @alex_n_boyd Or, rather, there's a better visual aid, even if the will to change anything is still lacking.

[Bren Doherty @Bren_Doherty]

@EmmaMci @alex_n_boyd I agree, tho, that it's a lot easier to push stronger climate policy when smoke from thousands of kilometres away is drifting over your head.

[Bren Doherty @Bren_Doherty]

@alex_n_boyd @EmmaMci At the risk of sounding very cynical, I wonder if there is enough of a physical and policy disconnect between wildfire smoke over Toronto and the root cause that policymakers (and normal people) will shrug and say: Well, this is bad, but what am I going to do about it?

[Digital Publishing Awards 🇨🇦 @DPAwards]

"Toronto Election 2022" from @TheLocal_TO has tied for silver in Best News Coverage (Community Publication)! Congratulations to the team at The Local! #DPA23

[Bren Doherty @Bren_Doherty]

I'm a ghostly presence on Twitter these days, but I need to do some figurative can-rattling and TV set haunting. For journalism.

Working on a story for Wahi about the emotional roller coaster of homebuying. I'd love to hear from you for a quick chat: [email protected]

[Emma McIntosh @EmmaMci]

Well would ya look at that! @Bren_Doherty makes his Narwhal debut with this awesome feature on TTC service cuts that originally ran in @TheLocal_TO!
https://t.co/AhdqNVbjXO