Muslims were the first to face a backlash after the RCMP connected the shooter in Ottawa last week with an ISIS twitter account. A few reports had originally described the shooter as having an “Arab looking scarf” or “looking Muslim.” Ryersonian print managing editor, Lindsay Fitzgerald, discusses the issue below.
Lindsay was the managing editor for print at The Ryersonian and was previously an intern with CBC-TV's the fifth estate, an investigative documentary program. She focused on digital journalism, advanced research methods and reporting. She is an environmental pragmatist, advocate for freedom of expression, freedom of information and euthanasia of urban raccoons.
Lindsay graduated from the Ryerson School of Journalism in 2015.