About the series

The Atkinson Fellowship awards a seasoned Canadian journalist with the opportunity to pursue a yearlong investigation into a current policy issue. This award is a collaborative project of the Atkinson Foundation, the Honderich family and the Toronto Star.

Catherine Wallace is exploring the future of journalism at a time when the news industry is in a financial crisis. Canada has lost a third of its journalists in the last six years. What role can the community play in helping to fill the gap in information and storytelling? Wallace is a former Montreal Gazette managing editor who has also worked at the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail. Her stories will run periodically.