CBC aims to be “content company”
Insightful post to Reportr.net deconstructing recent comments by CBC President Hubert Lacroix about the future of CBC online.
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NPR: the best hybrid of old and new media
Great article from Fast Company on National Public Radio and its efforts to enter journalism online and maintain its traditional journalistic integrity.
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Christian Science Monitor explains its new mission for online
“Here’s a video we’ve just produced that gives you a look inside our newsroom, introduces you to Monitor correspondents around the world, and touches on the goal of our website and our new print weekly.” A great insight in the rationale of this well-known newspapers big decision to reduce its print edition to a weekly…
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Unique formula for transforming community newspapers
This article proposes a different approach to solving the current woes of the newspaper industry.
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Changing face of community journalism in Africa
This surprising account of new technology being used in Africa by journalists demonstrates how community newspapers are transforming around the world.
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Ontario lifts court file restriction
NewsToronto (April 1, 2009) – The Ontario government has reversed a controversial policy that blocked access to court files in cases subject to a publication ban. Journalists objected to the policy for years, arguing it made it difficult to fully and accurately cover criminal cases. In announcing the change, Attorney General Chris Bentley said openness…
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Oklahoma community newspaper reaches out to unemployed
“A community service program designed to bring together people looking for good jobs and employers looking for good people is being launched by Neighbor Newspapers Called Community Employ Ease, the campaign officially begins April 1 at all 12 of the company’s community newspapers in northeast Oklahoma.” An innovative approach to the current recession and another…
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NYT publisher: lightweight cheerleader — or last, best defender?
“With a doomsday clock ticking for newspapers as we know them, no one has more at stake than fourth-generation New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., who is scrambling to keep his family’s prized asset alive,” said the intro on a Vanity Fair piece about Sulzberger by Mark Bowden. “Some see him as a…
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Group publishers are taking over
Instead of one publisher per newspaper, group publishers are now the norm. That might make sense for geographic regions in rural areas; however, Sun Media are now creating publisher positions for entire provinces. See link for details of a new configuration in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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More centralization of editing at Sun Media
“Three union editors at Sun Media’s Brantford Expositor were notified today they will be laid off as of May 1, says a TSF source.” It appears a regional pagination centre is being created.