Rachel Ward

In only two years, ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.

James D. Walsh writes for @intelligencer.com: nymag.com/intelligence....

Huge congrats!! 🎉

Good luck to all the journalists working the election today!!

The Narwhal wins Hillman Prize for investigative reporting Dogged reporting on Alberta’s pause on renewable energy development earned the prestigious Canadian Hillman Prize

👏👏👏 A HUGE congratulations to @drewanderson.bsky.social!

Drew’s dogged coverage of Alberta’s pause on renewable energy projects won the Canadian Hillman Prize, which recognizes investigative reporting “in service of the common good”

thenarwhal.ca/hillman-priz...

"On Wednesday, February 12, RCMP officers came to The Ubyssey’s office seeking contact information for sources in a previous story, who they anticipated might stage a demonstration. The Ubyssey did not provide contact information; journalism ethics require journalists to refrain from assisting police unless our cooperation is strictly necessary in extreme situations."

According to @ubyssey.ca, RCMP officers showed up at the office of UBC's student newspaper and requested the contact information of their sources to identify protesters

(The newspaper refused, which is good because it is wildly inappropriate for police to do this)

ubyssey.ca/news/ubc-sta...

Trudeau says Trump's 'dumb' trade war is designed to collapse the Canadian economy | CBC News Speaking to reporters at a news conference on Parliament Hill, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Trump is trying to prompt "a total collapse of the Canadian economy" because he thinks that will "make...

PM says Trump trying to collapse Canadian economy to make it easier to annex Canada www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

YouTube video by The Fifth Estate Is Trump’s tariff war motivated by Project 2025? | The Fifth Estate

Highly recommend watching the latest documentary from my colleagues at The Fifth Estate - Project 2025 - behind the scenes of Trump’s tariff war youtu.be/Dc7CBktO2fY?...

NEW: Fully leaked diplomatic cable directing the implementation of this policy at all US diplomatic and consular posts.

YouTube video by The Fifth Estate The war on books that’s dividing a small town | The Fifth Estate

WATCH our Fifth Estate documentary on the attack on books and libraries in Canada, and how a small Alberta town is on the front lines of this cultural war. (Produced by @wardrachel.bsky.social and hosted by Mark Kelley.)

youtu.be/nRDL9Fm1ZLA?...

Screenshot of story text reads: "In a shopping mall in the city of Chemnitz in Saxony, we meet a group of young men who – while they won't go on the record – tell us they're right wing. Dressed in black, with uniformly short hair, they express beliefs that homosexuality is wrong and fear that the German "race" is under threat because of the growing migrant community. They question narratives about their country's past, seemingly a reference to the Nazi era. Diana Schwitalla has been teaching history and social studies for eight years. She says she has had to confront a case of Holocaust denial in the classroom and has heard other troubling remarks. "We hear the Second World War was actually a good thing, and there was a reason people died then - and that this is good. Hitler is described as a good man," says Ms Schwitalla. She adds, "Many students… very young students, {who} say it doesn't matter who I vote for, they'll do what they want 'up there' anyway. The question of who's 'up there', I don't get an answer to that.""

From the BBC: "Why more young men in Germany are turning to the far right" www.bbc.com/news/article...

RIP. Have treasured his books for years and just had another chuckle over his bumblebee rectal examine metaphor

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Thank you, Ken. Appreciate you watching

Thank you ❤️

Thanks for watching. I totally hear you on the sadness.

A shadow war on libraries Some Canadian politicians and influencers, inspired by an American-born movement, are trying to roll back 2SLGBTQ+ rights in Canada — one book at a time.

CBC's Fifth Estate has traced a wide web of anti-LGBT hate working to censor or close down libraries in Canada to a right-wing U.S. movement

Thank you, Catherine, very kind of you to say. Thanks for watching!

YouTube video by The Fifth Estate Inside the interrogation room: The men who armed themselves at convoy protests | The Fifth Estate

If you found this doc interesting, you might like to watch another I produced, Conspiracy in Coutts:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQac...

It examines the extremist ideology that drove men to arm themselves at the 2022 Canada-US border blockade:
www.cbc.ca/news/fifthes...

If you haven't watched yet, please do. I love the documentary form so much. There's something so uniquely powerful about being able to look into someone's eyes.

That said, the long-form piece does the story justice, too, thanks to @grantrants.bsky.social's hard work: www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...

YouTube video by The Fifth Estate The war on books that’s dividing a small town | The Fifth Estate

Hi all, I pretty much got out of the habit of posting on social media after Twitter became a hellscape 😑

Thanks for all the interest for our new Fifth Estate investigative documentary, The Shadow War on Libraries. So encouraging seeing such thoughtful discussion!

You're so sweet. Thank you, Sarah ❤️