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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.

Sex workers call for hate crime law, end to violence

December 18, 2011by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Sex workers and supporters lit candles on the steps of a police detachment as part of a global day of action.

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Vancouver Observer

Mother of Pickton victim says cops brushed her off, withheld daughter’s possessions

December 16, 2011by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Brushed off by the missing persons unit. Denied even her murdered daughter’s possession or photos. A mother speaks out at the Missing Women Inquiry today.

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Vancouver Observer

Tensions at Missing Women’s inquiry boil over

December 15, 2011by David P. Ball Leave a comment

B.C.’s Missing Women’s Inquiry saw a pointed argument between the lawyer for families of Robert Pickton’s murder victims.

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Vancouver Observer

Missing Women Inquiry: LePard insists detectives, not VPD, ‘compromised’ Pickton case

December 15, 2011by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Deputy police chief Doug LePard – who authored an internal review into the botched Robert Pickton murder investigation – fended off suggestions of wider police department failures

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Vancouver Observer

Fighting violence against women in Vancouver’s sex trade

December 6, 2011by David P. Ball Leave a comment

It’s been 22 years since the Montreal massacre. We talk violence against women, and ways to end it, with a survival sex work organizer Jennifer Allan.

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Vancouver Observer

Families of missing women take to the streets, joined by #OccupyVancouver

October 17, 2011by David P. Ball Leave a comment

As a troubled inquiry into missing women entered its second week, family members of the disappeared took over a busy downtown intersection in opposition

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Vancouver Observer

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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

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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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