Editing Ian Adams (section)

===Freelance writing===
The story resulted in a series of complaints to the magazine by readers, including the CEO of the magazine's publisher, [[Maclean-Hunter]], who wrote Adams telling him that he did not think that sort of writing belonged in the magazine. Adams quit the publication and pursued a freelance career.<ref name="obit">{{cite news |last1=Mackay |first1=Susan Ferrier |title=Reporter Ian Adams told the story of Chanie Wenjack's 'lonely death' |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-reporter-ian-adams-told-the-story-of-chanie-wenjacks-lonely-death/ |access-date=November 30, 2021 |work=Globe and Mail |date=November 30, 2021}}</ref> In September 2012 Adams was interviewed about the Charlie Wenjack story as part of the CBC documentary "Dying For An Education".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/thunderbay/interactives/dyingforaneducation/|title=Dying for an Education: A CBC Thunder Bay special report|publisher=cbc.ca|access-date=2012-09-11|last=|first=| date=September 5, 2012}}
</ref> [[Gord Downie]], lead singer of the Canadian band [[The Tragically Hip]], cited Adams' Maclean's article as the source for his  2016 multimedia work, "[[Secret Path]]".
<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/gord-downie-chanie-wenjack-1.3753823|title=New Gord Downie work devoted to First Nations boy who died running away from residential school|publisher=cbc.ca|access-date=2016-09-10|last=|first=| date=September 9, 2016}}</ref>