The notion of tracking people’s location using Foursquare is the latest trend and some journalists are attempting to use it, mainly for the “cool” factor. However, Jason Keith, of Social Fresh, provides some insight into how every day people are using this technology to find friends, make announcements, get suggestions and other simple uses.
A recently released report by Pew Research and some timely comments from Al Tompkins, from Poynter Online result in a wonderful case study of the pitfalls of crowdsourcing and a list of great tips for anyone trying this approach.
A recent and successful Carleton journalism graduate says j-school has a lot to offer students these days, but not the one thing most of them want – a job in journalism. Laura Drake graduated from Carleton University’s School of Journalism in 2007 and has worked for three major daily newspapers in Canada. In a column at macleans.ca…
La Société Radio Canada (SRC) prépare depuis plus d'un an une refonte de la bible de ses journalistes, le guide Normes et pratiques journalistiques. L'édition actuelle du document est relativement récente. Elle a en effet été modifiée pour la dernière fois en septembre 2004. Néanmoins, au cours des six dernières années, la profession a changé.
The long-running CBC insiders blog, The Tea Makers, stopped publication recently raising. speculation around its demise. The anonymous blog was started during the 2005 CBC strike, but evolved into a popular commentary on all things related to inner workings of the corporation and the various broadcasting personalities. Paul McGrath provides an excellent background and some…
Depuis maintenant 7 mois, cinq journalistes montréalais scrutent l'actualité du Vieux Rosemont avec leur loupe numérique: ruemasson.com. Ce site d'information hyperlocale est consacré à un territoire qui compte moins de 35 500 personnes, pourtant il a réussi à attirer 10 000 visiteurs uniques en juin et compte près de 1500 fans sur Facebook.
Après avoir perdu son courriériste parlementaire à Québec, Alexis Deschênes, TVA perd quatre autres journalistes. Maryse Gagnon et Yves Malo rejoignent les rangs de Radio-Canada, tandis que François Pouliot et Mathieu Lavallée déménagent leurs pénates au journal Les Affaires. Affectés aux sujets économiques, François Pouliot et Mathieu Lavallée demeurent dans leur champ d’expertise en migrant…
In Pakistan, a disaster of epic proportions has unfolded. The Times of India reports it will take years for the country to recover. Yet media coverage has been relatively muted. In a Global Journalist panel discussion, journalists working in the region agree coverage of the flood lacks urgency. To illustrate the situation closer to home,…
It's easy enough to imagine downloading texts to read them on an iPad. But imagine being able to download single chapters, rather than full texts. Imagine interacting with the content through quizzes and other feature or highlighting text for others to see and sharing comments on passages with classmates.Those are some of the things promised by a…
If you are looking for examples of great multimedia student projects, you may find them here. It’s a list of six exceptional projects recommended by Mark S. Luckie, the author of The Digital Journalist’s Handbook and the blog 10,000 Words.