The Toronto Star will file an official complaint to the city’s integrity commissioner about Rob Ford’s directive of excluding the paper from official releases and announcements, according to John Honderich, chair of the Star’s parent company, Torstar.
Requesting interviews over Twitter: embracing #modernity or a big #fauxpas? Dan Reimold, journalism professor at Tampa University, offers some tips for when you should and should not use Twitter to gather interview subjects.
After more than 20 years of reporting from Parliament Hill, Jane Taber is leaving Ottawa and heading to Halifax. The 53-year-old Globe and Mail reporter is trading in her parliamentary press pass to head up the Globe’s Atlantic bureau this January.
The Pulitzer Prize Board has changed their submission process to be entirely digital — no more paper portfolios required.
Duncan McCue, a UBC journalism professor and reporter for CBC’s The National has launched a website to help journalists report about Aboriginal communities. Belinda Alzner spoke with McCue about why he created the website, some challenges journalists face, and how the resource can help journalists and editors work together to overcome them. And with Attawapiskat…
What happens when a province sees the bulk of its online news move behind a paywall? That’s the question that will be answered as early as next week when the Irving-owned Brunswick News Inc. ends free access to the online counterparts of 26 of its newspapers – 18 English-language and eight French. Kelly Toughill looks…
La dernière course électorale fédérale a fait grincer des dents plus d'un journaliste. Ceux qui ont couvert la campagne du Parti conservateur se sont plus d'une fois plaints de la stratégie de communication du parti qui asteignait son chef, Stephen Harper, a ne répondre qu'à 4 ou 5 questions par jour. La Fédération professionnelle des…
Adrienne Batra will only have to manage Rob Ford's often-testy dealings with reporters for a few more days. Then, the Mayor's press secretary becomes the Toronto Sun's comment editor, as well as a municipal affairs correspondent with Newstalk 1010. Batra, formerly with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation in Manitoba, and a columnist with the Winnipeg Sun,…
Quebecor met la hache dans sa chaîne de journaux Sun Media. À la veille de Noël, le conglomérat supprimera environ 400 postes à travers le pays, selon le président de la Guilde des médias du sud de l'Ontario, Paul Morse. Au Québec, le quotidien gratuit 24 heures a déjà essuyé le coup en perdant trois…
Today, the Global Editors Network and Google announced the launch of the Data Journalism Awards to recognize and set standards for the emerging media form.