#fgj14during

[dlsphjournalism]

Visit Original Link

CBC Radio -- Effects of the Long Winter on Plants, Animals and Water Levels

Evelyn Boychuk (FGJ '14) was interviewed about the effects of a long, cold and snowy winter on the plants, animals and water levels on the upcoming spring. Listen to the clip above.

[dlsphjournalism]

Reuters -- Euro zone's trade surplus widens on rising exports in February

BY ANNA NICOLAOU (FGJ '14) The euro zone's trade surplus widened in February from a year earlier on rising exports with imports unchanged, the European Union's statistics office Eurostat said on Tuesday. Read more

[dlsphjournalism]

Reuters -- OECD development aid hits record high in 2013, Europe lags

BY ANNA NICOLAOU (FGJ '14) Development aid from rich countries to some of the world's poorest rose to a record high last year, data showed on Tuesday, but contributions from mainland Europe lagged as the region clawed its way out of recession. Read more

[dlsphjournalism]

CBC Radio (The Current) -- Plastic surgery below the belt? Doctors divided over labiaplasty

It is not the price reduction that concerns some doctors, it is what is being reduced. Labiaplasty is a cosmetic surgery to alter female genitals, and it's in high demand. Some doctors are refusing. citing parallels to female genital cutting. Others say the demand is driven by pornography's influence.

Meera Dalal (FGJ '14) co-produced this segment for The Current. Listen to the clip

[dlsphjournalism]

CBC News -- Home Energy Loan Program launches in Toronto

BY MICHELLE ADELMAN (FGJ '14) Rachelle Chevalier’s December Hydro bill quadrupled to an eye-popping $425 per month after she plugged in electric heaters to warm up a stubbornly cold second-floor bedroom and other parts of her west-end Toronto home. Read more

[dlsphjournalism]

THE GLOBE AND MAIL -- Tech firms bet on gadgets that monitor our lives, but will we wear them?

BY ANNA NICOLAOU (FGJ '14) -- Chris Dancy started measuring his life four years ago. It started with social media, then grew to health monitors, and home devices. Now, on a typical day, 300 to 400 systems are tracking his every move, thought and feeling, and logging them in his Google calendar. READ MORE.

[dlsphjournalism]

Fast Company -- How A Stupid Experiment In The Armpit Of NYC Launched Refinery29

BY ANNA NICOLAOU (FGJ '14) Five years ago, Justin Stefano and Philippe von Borries launched what they call one of their stupidest ideas ever: a one-month pop-up shop at the grimy Port Authority bus terminal in Manhattan. Somehow, the oddly placed little shop run by two fashion newbies generated nearly a million dollars in sales, helping add rocket fuel to the Refinery29 brand. It's now the largest independent fashion website in the U.S. with a value of $29 million. Read more