Journalism
I work full-time as a columnist for the Montreal Gazette, specializing in issues affecting the city-region of Montreal, Canada. Before coming to The Gazette in 1973, I was at the Washington Post. My investigative reporting work at The Gazette has received three National Newspaper Awards (two for investigative work, one for editorial writing), three National Business Writing Awards in the 1970s and the B’nai Brith Media Human Rights Award (co-recipient). I’ve also written two books on urban issues, City for Sale (a best-selling investigation of the often secretive interests behind a city’s redevelopment) and Who’s Afraid of Demergers? (a critique of forced municipal mergers in Quebec).
Most of my columns in The Gazette deal with issues affecting the city-region of Montreal.