“Are the days of the community newspaper numbered? National and local experts say no. In fact, they say small-town newspapers seem to stand stronger now.” Reporter Pablo Candia writes about newspapers in Dodge City and the surrounding area comparing how the big city papers are measuring up to the smaller community publications nearby.
“So far, the Center for Future Civic Media is more or less a blog, with links to the Media Lab, which is part of the organization that Chris Csikszentmihalyi calls home. However, the vastness of the research and money affiliated with the project is amazing, and a somewhat comedic backdrop to the goals of Csikszentmihalyi…
Paid daily circulation increased slightly for many Canadian newspapers during the six months ended March 31, according to the latest report by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Circulation at the Montreal Gazette rose 13 per cent over the same period last year. However, circulation at the National Post dropped 20 per cent.
Dans son blogue sur Branchez-Vous, Cécile Gladel constate que la pandémie de grippe porcine sème la panique à travers le monde. Elle propose plusieurs hyperliens qui permettent de relativiser la situation et surtout de se questionner sur le traitement qui en est fait. Parmi les articles, blogues ou billets, elle cite notamment Anne Sinclair qui,…
Canwest News Service has launched a series in its chain of newspapers examining the “siege mentality that is gripping the newspaper industry.” The topic is especially challenging in this series for two reasons. First, reporter David Akin (a superb journalist) now works for a company with the same owners who have historically stifled in-house criticism.…
In an investigative piece of journalism into human honesty, the Toronto Star dropped 20 wallets in urban and suburban locations. Most came back. Wow: journalism that affirms humanity’s capability for goodness. If we are to live up to our claim of writing history’s first draft, journalists need that once in a while, imo — just…
The Nation considers whether, and how, the Wall Street Journal has changed under Rupert Murdoch’s ownership…
Studies show visits to American newspaper Web sites are up by more than 10 per cent, and the audience demographics should be valuable to advertisers. Now if only Nielsen Online could answer the big question: how to get those online readers to pay for the journalism they consume?
Graeme Smith of The Globe and Mail and Mellissa Fung of CBC News are two of Canada’s best known foreign correspondents. They recently spoke about their experiences covering the war in Afghanistan at a Canadian Journalism Foundation event in Toronto. Jeffrey Dvorkin reports.
Those of us old enough to remember the economic situation of the early 1980s may be wondering: is history repeating itself in the way the media are valuing investigative journalism? The 1970s witnessed an explosion of investigative work. The social forces of the ‘60s put many people into motion, and the public was growing increasingly…