An excellent analysis of the role of social media in news coverage is presented by Antonia Zerbisias in the Toronto Star on July 11. She aptly describes how Twitter became a news sources for untold numbers of people as journalists on the front lines used social media as an instant news wire, sending valuable, pertinent…
Three of Canada’s largest media companies are the mystery investors poised to take over Canadian Press. Torstar, CTVglobemedia and Gesca could own the cooperative by the fall, if union negotiations go well…
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) is conducting a survey of journalists who believe their freedom of expression was compromised by police/security personnel during the G-20 security operation. This collection of information will result in a public report by CJFE. Further information and a survey questionnaire are available on the CJFE website.
Ah, civil liberties. So long fought for, so quickly dispensed with. Throughout the week, J-Source worked hard to keep up with reports of police actions against journalists during the G20/8 Summit. The roughed-up and handcuffed included a CTV field producer, the National Post’s photographers, and reporters for the Guardian and Real News. The Guardian’s Jesse…
Yahoo has decided it’s time for an alternative to traditional style guides when it comes to text written for the Web. In July, 2010, it will launch The Yahoo! Style Guide: The Ultimate Sourcebook for Writing, Editing, and Creating Content for the Digital World. Like the CP Style Guide, it will be a guide to grammar, punctuation…
Toronto journalist Jesse Rosenfeld was arrested and beaten outside the G20 security fence near Toronto’s downtown Novotel hotel on Saturday night. Rosenfeld was on assignment for the British newspaper The Guardian. According to his own account of events and that of TV Ontario host Steve Paikin, police punched Rosenfeld in the stomach and back while…
Jesse Rosenfeld, a Canadian journalist reporting on the G20 for the Guardian newspaper, has been arrested and possibly beaten, his friends and father say. Mr. Rosenfeld, a Canadian activist journalist based in Tel Aviv and Jaffa in Israel, was in Canada for the summer and on assignment from Britain’s Guardian to cover the G20.
A lockdown at the G20 media center in Toronto has ended, according to CBC television. According to CBC, a lockdown at the Allstream building where media accreditation is taking place, was caused by an unattended briefcase. When the briefcase was spotted, the building was evacuated. The Allstream building is still evacuated, CBC reports. Earlier, journalists…
Prince Edward County, two hours east of Toronto on Lake Ontario, is the site of a new hyperlocal news project called countylive.ca, started by veteran journalist Sue Capon. Working with her partner Amber Martin, a graphic designer, the pair have a storefront in Picton and publish solely online. The enterprise is being well-received and provides…
BBC radio Scotland airs an interesting program pitting an old hack journalist using traditional tools against a younger new media journalist loaded with technology. The idea is to see which one gets the better, more credible story. The results are aired on the radio. The programme ‘Old Hack, New Tricks’ will air today at 11:30am…