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Jul 13, 2010
- Posted by Dana
Lacey
Low pay, high anxiety, long hours and short-staffed. The life of today’s magazine editor. This week we feature Whitney Wager’s story from the summer issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism.
Sep 01, 2009
- Posted by Regan
Ray
The Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) and the Rotman School of
Management at the University of Toronto have partnered to create an
executive education program aimed specifically at senior media
managers. John Macfarlane, editor of The Walrus and chair of the CJF's board of directors said in a news release...
Aug 11, 2009
- Posted by Larry
Cornies
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.
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.
Apr 14, 2009
- Posted by Regan
Ray
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.
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.
Feb 19, 2009
- Posted by Kirk
LaPointe
Nikki Usher writes in the Online Journalism Review of the frustration in training newsrooms and finding they still don't get it. It's a fair assessment of the...
Feb 19, 2009
- Posted by Kirk
LaPointe
Morten Rand-Hendricksen, in his Design Is Philosophy blog, has created a sound, 10-point list to save the newspaper. There are...
Feb 13, 2009
- Posted by Kirk
LaPointe
The Pew Research Center has had a more detailed look at the rise of Twitter as a communications tool in the United States. Its conclusions are interesting...
Feb 13, 2009
- Posted by Kirk
LaPointe
The Economist has a look
at the backbone of news organizations this week, the wire services, and
how they're reshaping their input and output in the digital age. The magazine asserts...
Feb 05, 2009
- Posted by Kirk
LaPointe
Steve Yelvington, the former newspaper exec now consulting on the
online end of the business, writes a solid, emotional post on how print
isn't dead. It's time to stop the irrational negativity...
Feb 05, 2009
- Posted by Kirk
LaPointe
In the second instalment of a series,
Alan Mutter tries to poke a hole in the belief that stopping the
presses would drive up digital advertising for newspaper sites...
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