Emma McIntosh
Reporter | Toronto |
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About Emma McIntosh
Emma McIntosh has covered environment, energy and national news. She covered misinformation and disinformation in the 2019 federal election. She has reported for StarMetro Calgary, the Toronto Star and the Calgary Herald as well as Canada's National Observer. A former Seattle-ite and dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada, Emma graduated from Ryerson University's undergraduate journalism program in 2018.
She has focused on investigative journalism since 2017. Emma also covered the Alberta provincial election in April 2019. Projects she's worked on have been shortlisted for multiple national awards, including a National Newspaper Award, the Canadian Hillman Prize and CJF Jackman Award for Excellence.
No, Canada isn't in danger of splitting up
A new video by Canada Proud racked up 400,000 views in five days on Facebook, and more than 32,000 on Twitter. It also urged viewers to take up the hashtag #SaveCanada. But experts say that the video doesn't reflect reality.
Doug Ford's number out of service
Ontario's premier used to give out his cellphone number, but has disconnected it after the line was flooded with automated calls.
No, Gerald Butts doesn't have $23 million
Former NHL star Theo Fleury recently tweeted that the former Liberal political adviser had a net worth of $23 million. We traced the disinformation from its murky origins on a listicle website to an apparent network of bots on Twitter.
Cameron Ahmad had a lot to say about Harper last week. Most of it was false.
Five of the six claims director of communications Cameron Ahmad made about the former prime minister on Twitter were at least partially incorrect.
So you’ve been blocked by a politician. What now?
Social media gives citizens more access to politicians than ever before. But In Canada, there are few rules to guide when those politicians can cut them off.
Conservatives: Don't read into darker-skinned Trudeau image
Criticism swirled on social media after the Conservatives posted a graphic that featured the prime minister's face, with darker skin, edited onto a photo of an oil worker.
Lisa Raitt explains that tweet about climate change
The deputy Conservative leader shared an article denying there's a link between climate change and extreme weather, then deleted it after a scientist responded. In an interview with National Observer, she says she believes in climate change and reducing emissions.
Scientist gets apology in climate change defamation battle
Renowned climate scientist Michael E. Mann got an apology Friday from a think tank that published an interview attacking his reputation. In the fight against climate disinformation, experts like him are turning to new arenas.
That viral video of Raptors fans cheering an injury? It's fake
When the video was first circulated by the blog Barstool Sports, the site's editor seemed to coyly acknowledge that it was a fake. But, joke or not, it led plenty of people to express outrage on social media.
A viral claim about who's killing MMIWG is wrong
A claim that Indigenous men kill 70 per cent of MMIWG was picked up by white nationalist Faith Goldy and a former editor-in-chief of the Walrus. It wasn't true.