The Weird History Of Vancouver’s Italian Press
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Sometimes investigative journalism begins with an anonymous tip. Sometimes it begins with an access to information request for secret government documents. In this case, Marcello Di Cintio started his investigation because he had an article reprinted without permission. But the story he walked away with in the end was so much better than he could have imagined.  Featured in this episode: Marcello Di Cintio, Calgary-based journalist and author. Vancouver Public Library’s Story City project: Interview with Pia Tofini-Johnson Support Canadaland at canadaland.com/join Sponsors: Oxio, Freshbooks, Hover Additional Music is by Audio Network Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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