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The much-maligned Twitter didn’t do much better than conventional sources of hard news, but it wasn’t doing much worse, either, writes National Post columnist Matt Gurney.
How did two Toronto newsrooms manage their coverage of two big stories last weekend in Union Station flooding and the Eaton Centre shooting? Angelina Irinici found out. As well, Huffington Post Canada intern Brian Trinh gives his first-person account of unexpectedly reporting live from the Eaton Centre during the shootings.
Breaking news happens when it happens; it doesn't wait for newsrooms to organize their staff, change their layout and wait for another story to finish. So how did two Toronto newsrooms manage their coverage of two big stories last weekend in Union Station flooding and the Eaton Centre shooting? Angelina Irinici found out.
After a recent labour strike and staff layoffs, the independent Winnipeg Free Press still maintains its own movie critic, its own parliamentary reporter in Ottawa and continues to send reporters abroad. And despite difficulties, writes John Longhurst, the Free Press is still profitable.
It’s important to understand the real cost of gathering and distributing journalism, writes Kirk LaPointe. The tally needs to reflect much more than the journalists on the floor.News & Views
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