Ian Munroe

Digital journalist with CBC News. Previous stints at newspapers, magazines and broadcasting companies in Halifax, Ottawa, Tokyo and Dubai.

[Poynter @Poynter]

How can journalists covering immigration prepare for the incoming presidential administration?

Develop expert sources. Familiarize yourself with the intricacies of immigration law. Read the data. Gather research tools.

Start here:
https://t.co/7aQlc8koqF

[Ian Munroe @IMunroe]

“As of right now, every piece of information that we have is already lost.” My story on a future technology that’s already reshaping cybersecurity around the world. For @CIGIonline
https://t.co/K7Bdyk8gcP

[Public Policy Forum @ppforumca]

Here's what experts had to say on what a Donald Trump victory would mean for Canada:

https://t.co/NORvGbvqF3

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

For our January/February 2024 issue, The Atlantic examined Donald Trump’s bid for reelection, and the potential ramifications of a second Trump term.

Read essays from 24 contributors here: https://t.co/hSKLLuQD8y

[Mark Leon Goldberg @MarkLGoldberg]

This is the best book I've read in a really long time. Go listen to our chat and buy "The Tech Coup"

[Reuters @Reuters]

‘Sustainable’ logging operations are clear-cutting Canada’s climate-fighting forests https://t.co/TY5EIK6WC5

[Vipal Monga @vipalmonga]

Shootings, arson, gangland executions...Toronto is on edge because rival tow-truck gangs have fueled a 50% rise in Toronto shootings, mostly with guns smuggled from the U.S. https://t.co/f4cyfYlT0a via @WSJ

[Elias Makos @eliasmakos]

Kamala Harris’ Westmount High School yearbook entry. She graduated in 1981 after moving to Montreal at age 12.

[Reuters Institute @risj_oxford]

"Video is becoming a more important source of online news, especially with younger groups. Most consumption is done on online platforms (72%) increasing the challenges around monetisation and connection #DNR24

Key findings in video
Read the report in full https://t.co/F9sz2adRAf

[Charles Lister @Charles_Lister]

Putting the candidates aside for a moment, @CNN has performed poorly — the “moderators” are anything but.

No substantive follow-up; no push-back to dozens of lies; no pressuring to actually answer stated questions. Silence.

A real disservice to the American people.

[Paul Vieira @paulvieira]

Manulife chief economist Frances Donald says it is going to take at least a decade before housing in Canada gets to affordable levels. She says Canada is struggling, and what require low rates relative to the US for an extended period. On WSJ wires:

[Alec MacGillis @AlecMacGillis]

Finally got to this amazing @fastlerner piece for @propublica and @NewYorker on 3M's very fraught history with "forever chemicals." So damning and upsetting, and a textbook example of how to write about a complex environmental coverup in a compelling way. https://t.co/1fsmqaFWeD

[Reuters @Reuters]

Some Canadian provinces logged a jump in unclaimed dead bodies in recent years, prompting at least one province to build a new storage facility, with demand for memorial fundraisers surging and funeral costs growing https://t.co/cw9ka9bXzv

[Foreign Affairs @ForeignAffairs]

“Opposing authoritarian regimes is not easy, so you need to have all the tools in the toolkit that you see history provides.” Listen to the latest episode of “The Foreign Affairs Interview,” featuring a conversation with Stephen Kotkin:
https://t.co/0J2c2gQZ4A

[Andy Kroll @AndyKroll]

A superb interview by @onthemedia's @OTMBrooke with acclaimed war photojournalist @lynseyaddario about the new movie "Civil War." (I've seen it and have so many thoughts.)

Don't miss this conversation: https://t.co/XKYEVbd4aJ

[Poynter @Poynter]

This practical guidance for reporters covering protests touches on how to be respectful, how to report the whole context of a protest and more. (Published in 2020).
https://t.co/1EBtQEuDRa

[Kurt Andersen @KBAndersen]

This interview by @ezraklein of (my ex-editor) Adam
Moss about his new book The Work of Art may be the best, most lucid, earthbound & maybe even useful conversation I’ve heard about the creative process. Wanted the book before, now getting it ASAP. https://t.co/xkjJ6hkjcM

[ADWEEK @Adweek]

In a critical election year, the @BBC has launched its first brand campaign outside the U.K. to position itself as a more trusted news source in the U.S. and international markets. https://t.co/lU6A5NuluI

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Read a new interview with the social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, on the the “great rewiring” of children’s brains, why social-media companies are to blame, and how to reverse course. https://t.co/7aLnZy9gHC