The Lede: A Live Editorial Meeting Experience

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Adults (18+). TPL and the Canadian Journalism Foundation present a special Media Literacy week event! Three journalists. One front page. Only one story leads. The Lede pulls back the curtain on a process most people never see: how editors weigh impact, timeliness, public interest and audience relevance under pressure, in real time. Three journalists from The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper, deputy head of investigations Robyn Doolittle, politics and economy editor Ryan MacDonald and senior visuals editor Solana Cain, will each pitch the story they believe deserves the lead position in tomorrow's news. Editor-in-chief David Walmsley will question their assumptions, challenge their reasoning and make the final call, live, in front of the audience. The audience does not just watch. Before Walmsley announces his decision, they vote on which story should lead, then see how their judgment compares with his. Join us for a chance to understand not just what the news is, but how it gets made, and to walk away a sharper, more critical reader of it. About this event’s guests: David Walmsley is The Globe and Mail’s editor-in-chief and the current president of the World Editors Forum. He is the co-creator of World News Day, a global day of education involving more than 1,000 publishers across 100 countries explaining the role of journalism and how it can make the world a better place. Under his editorship, The Globe has won the annual Canadian Michener Award for meritorious public service journalism five times and has dominated the annual National Newspaper Awards. Robyn Doolittle is the deputy head of investigations at The Globe and Mail. Doolittle came to The Globe in 2014 to join the investigative unit. After a decade on the i-Team, she spent time in the Report on Business covering corporate law. She has investigated political and business corruption, a series of shootings and arsons targeting Canadian waste giant GFL, the Hockey Canada scandal, gender ine