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Award-Winning Multimedia Reporter & Photojournalist

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Tag Archives: Missing Women

My extensive reporting on missing and murdered women has been recognized by the Canadian Journalism Foundation and the Canadian Association of Journalists with awards and nominations.

From in-depth regular coverage of the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, to breaking news about international scrutiny, and exposés of cover-up allegations, my work has been published in THIS Magazine, Windspeaker, Indian Country Today Media Network, The Tyee, and Vancouver Observer.

Below are some samples from my missing and murdered women portfolio.

Know your rights cards ‘prioritize’ sex worker safety, say advocates

February 28, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Sex workers in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside will soon be getting special wallet-sized cards educating about their rights with police, thanks to two advocacy groups — Pivot Legal Society and Sex Workers United Against Violence (SWUAV).

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rabble.ca

Valentine’s Day Women’s March Gathers Steam With Human Rights Watch Report and Idle No More

February 16, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Carrying red and yellow roses symbolizing the 600 aboriginal women murdered and missing, respectively, thousands marched in cities across Canada on Valentine’s Day, banging on the door of the Prime Minister’s office in Ottawa and bringing outrage to Vancouver’s police station steps.

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Indian Country Today Media Network

Human Rights Watch Details Alleged Abuse, Rape, of Aboriginal Women by RCMP Officers in British Columbia

February 14, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Explosive allegations of gang rape, widespread abuse and anti-Native racism have rocked Canada’s national police force, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), which vowed on February 13 to investigate the claims by one of the world’s leading rights groups.

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Indian Country Today Media Network

‘Colossal failure’ by police left Pickton free to kill

January 31, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

The release of Wally Oppal’s scathing final report from B.C.’s missing women inquiry was met with sobbing, drumming, and anger on Dec. 17 as families and friends began the next stage of grieving for their lost ones, and rights groups rallied around the call for a Canada-wide investigation.

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Windspeaker newspaper

Happy New Year: Stories of 2012

January 2, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Here’s a look back over some of my key stories of the last year.

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Briarpatch magazine, Canadian Dimension, Georgia Straight, Huffington Post Canada, Indian Country Today Media Network, National Post, rabble.ca, The Toronto Star, This Magazine, Vancouver Observer

Controversial Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau Calls for National Inquiry on Missing Women, Writes Support Song

December 26, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Vancouver, B.C.’s nighttime streets were wet with fresh rain as a dozen members of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) community set out on what they dubbed a walkabout tour through the poorest off-reserve area of Canada, accompanied by Indian Country Today Media Network.

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Indian Country Today Media Network

‘Colossal Failure’ By Police on Missing Women: Oppal

December 18, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Province pledges fast implementation of Commission recommendations. Critics demand more action on racism, systemic problems.

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The Tyee

Missing Women Inquiry Rules That Racism and Bias Caused ‘Critical Police Failures’

December 18, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

British Columbia’s Attorney General Shirley Bond has pledged to implement “systemic changes” after the release of the highly critical Missing Women Commission of Inquiry’s final report.

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Indian Country Today Media Network

After teen death, calls for national inquiry into missing and murdered women

December 13, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

From the photograph, 16-year-old CJ Morningstar Fowler smirks out at reporters, her head tilted in an almost questioning expression. On Dec. 6, the Gitanmaax First Nation youth was found murdered in Kamloops.

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The Tyee

Missing Women Inquiry Independence Questioned by Legal Advocates

December 2, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

British Columbia’s Missing Women Commission of Inquiry into the alleged police mishandling of the Robert Pickton serial killer investigation is taking another jab from some of the very groups who had fought for an inquiry into dozens of missing, mostly aboriginal women for years.

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Indian Country Today Media Network

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About David P. Ball

I BELIEVE IN JOURNALISTS' DUTY TO INFORM, IMPACT & DEFEND DEMOCRACY

I am a reporter with CBC News, Canada's public broadcaster, in Vancouver.

I have experience in podcasting, radio and video storytelling, photojournalism, investigative & digital news.

BYLINES:

CBC. Toronto Star. Agence France-Presse. Globe & Mail. VICE. The Guardian. The Tyee. National Post. South China Morning Post. Times of India.

Previously B.C. correspondent for Agence France-Presse, the world's oldest news service, I also worked in the Toronto Star's B.C. bureau for four years, have hosted podcasts for CFRO 100.5fm and Cited Media, and did investigative and enterprise journalism at TheTyee.ca.

My work has been published in the Globe & Mail, The Guardian, National Post, South China Morning Post, VICE, Le Monde, and the Times of India — and won awards from the Canadian Association of Journalists, Jack Webster Foundation, and Canadian Journalism Foundation.

CAJ Award-Winner & Multiple Finalist

Webster Award Award-Winner & Finalist

CJF Co-winner

Search my reporting:

Published in over 100 publications, reaching more than 1.5 billion readers worldwide:

• Globe & Mail
• Toronto Star
• Agence France-Presse
• The Guardian
• National Post
• New York Post
• Daily Mail UK
• VICE
• Ottawa Sun & QMI chain
• iPolitics
• Huffington Post
• Hamilton Spectator
• 24 Hours
• The Tyee
• Georgia Straight
• Xtra!
• Windspeaker
• Extract: Pipeline anthology chapter

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MY PHOTOJOURNALISM:
Published in the Globe & Mail, The Province, New York Post, CBC News, Toronto Star, National Post, Bild am Sonntag (DE), Arsenal Pulp Press, Georgia Straight, Tricity News


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