With the return of the mandatory long-form census after a 10-year absence, an accurate look at the city’s ethnic makeup was once again a possibility. But, without data available beforehand, editors and reporters do their best to plan for the kind of coverage they think will be needed. This story is part of the Star’s trust initiative, where, every week, we take readers behind the scenes of our journalism. This week, we look at how the Star put together its coverage of the recent release of 2016 census data. Meanwhile, Identity and Inequality Reporter Jennifer Yang worked on a weekend profile of three census areas where most respondents identified as Chinese.

Source: thestar October 27, 2017 23:03 UTC