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Jim Rankin is a reporter-photographer at the Toronto Star, specializing in investigations, features and data journalism. His work has been nominated for nine Canadian National Newspaper Awards and in 2002 he was part of a team involved in the Michener Award-winning investigative series into race, policing and crime in Toronto. In 2014, he was honoured with a Harry Jerome award for public advocacy and a media award from the Urban Alliance on Race Relations for a body of work on social justice issues. He can be reached at jrankin@thestar.ca. Follow him on Twitter. For information on the Toronto Star’s carding project and how to file a freedom of information request for your own carding information, visit www.thestar.com/carding.
Recently, Mr. Rankin was on our show in which he talked about:
– How started his photo journalism career which started in 1988 and how hehas been at The Toronto Star for twenty-one years
– His journey in journalism before he landed at The Toronto Star
– When did he start covering social justice and policing
– His experience on covering carding and the Toronto Police including the history of carding
– How has The Toronto Star covered carding and the relationship with The Toronto Star and the Toronto police
– What has he heard from Toronto’s Black community about carding
– The Toronto Star initiative to have people finding out their carding data
You can contact Mr. Rankin via:
Twitter
Email
Phone: (416) 869-4431
You can find our more about The Toronto Star’s carding project and how to file a freedom of information request for your own carding information by clicking on the following link: www.thestar.com/carding.
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