How Content Is Organized on The McGill Daily Website

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The McGill Daily's website organizes its content into three main sections—News, Commentary, and Culture—each with its own listing of articles. If you're looking for a specific story, start by choosing the section that matches the topic; each listing shows the headline, author, and publication date so you can scan quickly before clicking through.

The Three Main Sections

The homepage and section navigation split coverage into these buckets:

Section What it covers Example headlines from the site
News Campus and Montreal reporting, student politics, legal and language issues "McGill Students Pass Historic Boycott Motion"; "Language Laws Meet the Ballot Box"
Commentary Opinion, analysis, and personal essays "Beyond the Ballot"; "Repercussions of Birth Control"; "Can Montreal Still Afford the title of Student City?"
Culture Arts, music, theatre, and cultural criticism "Tex Crick: Indie Through and Through"; "Theatre Sainte-Catherine: Improv, Workshops, and Comedy as Medicine"

How Article Listings Work

Each section page presents articles as a list rather than a single feed. Every entry includes:

  • Headline — the article title, often with a short deck or subtitle (e.g., the Tex Crick piece carries a line about the artist talking to Radio TinTin).
  • Author byline — the writer's name, such as Adair Nelson, Ingara Maidou, or Lyla Burt.
  • Date — publication date, e.g., "Oct 5, 2026" or "Sep 28, 2026."

This format lets you judge relevance from the listing alone—check the date for recency and the byline if you follow a particular writer—before opening the full article.

Browsing by Topic

To find content on a subject:

  1. Pick the section first. A story about a student boycott motion sits under News; an essay on birth control sits under Commentary; an interview with a touring musician sits under Culture.
  2. Scan headlines and decks in that section's listing for the topic you want.
  3. Use the date to confirm you're looking at current coverage, since listings mix recent and older pieces.
  4. Open the article from its headline.

Common sticking points

  • A story can look like it belongs elsewhere. The "Language Laws Meet the Ballot Box" piece is filed under News even though it reads as analysis—when in doubt, check both News and Commentary.
  • Listings are not chronological across sections. Dates within a section listing may not run in strict order, so scan the full list rather than assuming the top item is newest.
  • Section labels are broad. Culture includes music, theatre, and commentary-style culture writing, so browse the whole listing before concluding a topic isn't covered.

Quick Reference

  • News → campus events, student government, Montreal politics and law.
  • Commentary → opinion and essays.
  • Culture → arts and entertainment coverage, including interviews and reviews.

Start with the section matching your topic, scan headlines and dates, then open the article.