A Closer Look: Jody Paterson

I'm a communications strategist and writer with a journalism background, a drifter's spirit, and a growing sense of alarm at where this world is going. I am happiest when writing pieces that identify, contextualize and background societal problems big and small in hopes of helping us at least slow our deepening crises.

Monday, August 31, 2015

The life of an urban nomad

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     This new "homeless" life that my partner Paul and I now live is marked by many moves during our times back in Canada, wh...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Cue the triumphal chorus: Amnesty International passes policy supporting decriminalization of sex work

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    This is an amazing day for the sex workers' rights movement with the news that Amnesty International has approved its draft poli...
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Sunday, July 05, 2015

The day I interviewed to be a sex worker

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    One summer day when I was a young reporter in Kamloops, my bosses at the newspaper sent me off to pretend I wanted to get hired as ...
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Friday, May 29, 2015

Who you gonna call? Fact Checkers

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The Washington Post is doing some great work these days with their Fact Checker feature , which is digging into all kinds of "stati...
Saturday, April 25, 2015

Inflated human trafficking statistics serve nobody

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     Found myself making a long, ranty comment on a Facebook thread this morning and realized, hey, that could be a blog post. Those o...
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