Justin McElroy (journalist)
Justin McElroy | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | Justin Douglas McElroy 10 March 1987 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Residence | Vancouver, Canada |
| Education | University of British Columbia |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Website | justinmcelroy |
Justin McElroy (born 10 March 1987) is a Canadian journalist. He is the current legislative reporter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Vancouver bureau, and is known for writing detailed lists and rankings about Canadian trivia and culture.
Early life[edit]
McElroy was born in Victoria, British Columbia[1]. He attended St. Michael's University School, where he competed with the school's Reach for the Top trivia team[2] and won public speaking awards[3]. He later attended the University of British Columbia, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science [4].
Career in journalism[edit]
McElroy does television, web and radio reporting for CBC Vancouver[5]. Since January 2018, he has held a temporary role as the bureau's legislative reporter[6], covering the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in Victoria and related stories throughout the province. Prior to this, he was the civic politics reporter covering Vancouver City Hall[7]. He often analyzes large swathes of data in his reporting, such as a project profiling all 87 provincial ridings in British Columbia's 2017 election[8] and a story looking at the reasons for every parking ticket issued in Vancouver in 2015[9]. His work has received multiple national and provincial journalism awards[10][11][12][13].
McElroy has received widespread acclaim for his listicles and polls about Canadian culture, which often contain long and detailed analysis of a particular topic. In 2017, Toronto Star columnist Heather Mallick named him one of the "best people of 2017"[14] for the online contest he produced to determine "Canada's Most Memorable (English) TV Thing", which was won by the children's show Mr. Dressup.[15][16]. The final round of the competition received over 400,000 votes[17] and significant media attention across Canada[18][19][20][21][22][23][24]. "The CBC is hiding one of its greatest minds in McElroy," Mallick wrote. In reference to the same contest, National Post columnist Colby Cosh called McElroy " a hard-working data-minded journalist who lives mostly on social media like the rest of us."[25]. After the contest concluded, the family of the late Ernie Coombs, the creator of Mr. Dressup, noticed Coombs did not have a star on Canada's Walk of Fame. McElroy backed and promoted the family's bid for Coombs to be awarded a star[26], and the Walk of Fame CEO responded by saying Coombs is at the "top of [his] list" for inductees in 2018[27].
His work producing a ranked list of every craft brewery in Metro Vancouver, published in 2017, is the only comprehensive review attempting to cover every brewery in the district[28] (as of 2018, the area contains over 50[29]). The 2017 rankings, produced along with a group of contributors, awarded first place to Brassneck Brewing in Mount Pleasant[30]. He is currently working on a ranked list of every craft brewery in British Columbia, including breweries in Victoria[31], the Fraser Valley, and the Sunshine Coast[32].
In 2014, McElroy ranked every Heritage Minutes historical short produced by Historica Canada. According to McElroy, the best such short was one depicting an Iriquoian man directing Jacques Cartier to a village, or "kanata," near the narrowing of the Saint Lawrence River, which Cartier mishears as "Canada" and mistakes for the name of the area in general[33]. The listing received media attention and prompted contemplation of how Canada depicts its history, particularly in the lead-up to the country's 150th anniversary[34][35]. In 2016, McElroy was appointed to the Heritage Minutes Advisory Committee, who are responsible for choosing the topics of future Heritage Minutes[36]. Since his appointment, Heritage Minutes shorts have been produced about Chanie Wenjack, Lucy Maud Montgomery and Viola Desmond, as well as other notable people and topics[37].
Before being hired by the CBC, McElroy worked as an online producer for Global News, where he produced data-driven political coverage[38][39] and would often present trivia quizzes on-air[40]. He also worked as an intern reporter at The Province[41]. While attending UBC, McElroy served for two years as the coordinating editor for The Ubyssey student newspaper, as well as one year as the news editor and one year as the sports editor[42]. McElroy reorganized the student newspaper to focus more on real-time online reporting, which significantly grew the publication's audience[43]. His work promoting novel online solutions to encourage more student engagement in politics attracted attention from journalism researchers.[44]
Personal life[edit]
McElroy lives in Vancouver, Canada[45]. where he regularly contributes to the alumni community at UBC, moderating events[46], giving talks[47], and mentoring student journalists[48]. His hobbies include golfing and playing the piano[49].
He has the same first and last name as American podcaster Justin McElroy. The podcaster sometimes receives emails intended for the news journalist, one of which was once about a dead body discovered in Vancouver. The news journalist owns the domain name justinmcelroy.com, which the podcaster occasionally complains about in his podcasts[50]. In 2017, on the news journalist's 30th birthday, the podcaster recorded a facetious video message imploring the news journalist to change his name[51].
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1953-, Goldfarb, Sheldon,. The Hundred-Year Trek : A History of Student Life at UBC. Campbell, Kim,. Victoria. ISBN 1772032239. OCLC 982652761. Search this book on
- ↑ Friesen, Jenus (Fall 2005). "School Ties" (PDF). St Michael's University School. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 17, 2018.
- ↑ https://www.smus.ca/sites/default/files/archive/vivatstmich0405stmi.pdf
- ↑ 1953-, Goldfarb, Sheldon,. The Hundred-Year Trek : A History of Student Life at UBC. Campbell, Kim,. Victoria. ISBN 1772032239. OCLC 982652761. Search this book on
- ↑ "10 big decisions the B.C. government will make in this legislative session". CBC News. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ FEB. 6, 2018 ICBC changes. Marijuana regulations., 2018-02-06, retrieved 2018-03-18
- ↑ "One year from municipal elections, many longtime mayors still deciding futures". CBC News. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ "B.C. Votes 2017: a look at the issues in your riding". CBC News. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ "We looked at every parking ticket issued in Vancouver last year — here's what we found". CBC News. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ "Recent Work". Justin McElroy: journalist/ ranker of stuff. 2013-10-02. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ "Global BC wins 7 RTDNA awards". Global News. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ "CBC Vancouver wins 3 Jack Webster Awards". CBC News. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ "Finalists named for BC's Annual Journalism Awards". www.newswire.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
- ↑ "Opinion | In praise of the best people of 2017: Part 2". thestar.com. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ "Mr. Dressup crushes Kids In The Hall in the final round of The Great Canadian TV Thing | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ "64 shows, 2 weeks, 400,000 votes—The Great Canadian TV Thing concludes with the nation deciding a clear winner". Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly. 2017-11-27. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ "Someone Created a Tournament to Decide Canada's Best-Ever TV "Thing"". Notable Life. 2017-11-28. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
- ↑ "Ep 63: Justin McElroy kills your nostalgia". PolitiCoast. 2017-11-24. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
- ↑ OswalD, Brad (2017-11-25). "Final four face off in Canadian TV contest". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
- ↑ "Twitter just chose Canada's "most memorable" TV show of all time". Victoria Buzz. 2017-11-27. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
- ↑ Kronbauer, Bob. "Mr Dressup is (somewhat) officially the best Canadian TV show of all time". Vancouver Courier. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
- ↑ "Link: The supreme achievements of English Canadian TV". TV, eh?. 2017-11-14. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
- ↑ Kronbauer, Bob (2017-11-24). "You need to cast your vote for the most memorable Canadian TV show of all time". Vancouver Is Awesome. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
- ↑ "Great Twitter deabte over best Canadian TV show". CHEK. 2017-11-27. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
- ↑ "Colby Cosh: The supreme achievements of English Canadian TV". National Post. 2017-11-13. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ "Passport 2017". passport2017.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ "Mr. Dressup is 'top of my list' for next year, says Canada's Walk of Fame CEO | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ "Ranking every* brewery in Metro Vancouver". Justin McElroy: journalist/ ranker of stuff. 2017-02-05. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ "BC Brewery Listings Map - All Craft Breweries in British Columbia". Beer Me British Columbia. 2012-06-12. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ "Brassneck Brewery". Justin McElroy: journalist/ ranker of stuff. 2017-02-10. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ "A CBC Journalist just ranked every brewery in Victoria". Victoria Buzz. 2018-03-01. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ "Brewery Rankings – Justin McElroy: journalist/ ranker of stuff". justinmcelroy.com. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ "Jacques Cartier | Historica Canada". www.historicacanada.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ "Cited #3: Who Killed Canadian History?". Cited. 2015-03-13. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
- ↑ "Cartier, basketball and Winnie the Pooh: Ranking the 10 best Heritage Minutes". Retrieved 2018-03-19.
- ↑ "A vintage Heritage Minute has been released. Where does it rank?". Justin McElroy: journalist/ ranker of stuff. 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ "HERITAGE MINUTES | Historica Canada". www.historicacanada.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ "Six races to watch in British Columbia on election night". Global News. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ "10 ridings where strategic voting might decide the election". Global News. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ "Justin McElroy". Global News. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ "Justin McElroy". The Province. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ "Justin McElroy - The Ubyssey". The Ubyssey. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ "TEDx Terry Talks, Nov 5th – Justin McElroy, Media & Their Communities". Terry*. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ Mike., Gasher, (2016). Journalism in Crisis Bridging Theory and Practice for Democratic Media Strategies in Canada. Brin, Colette., Crowther, Christine. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 144262888X. OCLC 962453538. Search this book on
- ↑ "About Me". Justin McElroy: journalist/ ranker of stuff. 2013-10-02. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ "The Hundred Year Trek | Launch - Read Local BC". Read Local BC. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ "Justin McElroy | UBC Graduate School of Journalism". journalism.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ Ubyssey, The. "Ubyssey Talks: Journalism 101 - 13 September 2016". Evensi. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ "TEDx Terry Talks, Nov 5th – Justin McElroy, Media & Their Communities". Terry*. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ "Podcasts and Videos". McElroy Shows. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
- ↑ David Marino (2018-03-10), A special birthday message to Justin McElroy from Justin McElroy, retrieved 2018-03-18
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