How to be a journalist in 2011
One young journalist realizes that though jobs may be scarce, opportunities are everywhere.
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Le Conseil de presse et Gesca tendent la main à Quebecor
«Nous invitons les médias de Quebecor à réintégrer le Conseil de presse du Québec (CPQ). Ensemble, nous pourrons travailler à rendre cet organisme encore plus solide, rigoureux et crédible, ce qui sera à l'avantage de tous.» C'est sur cette main tendue que l'éditorialiste en chef de La Presse, André Pratte concluait son texte de vendredi intitulé…
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Transcontinental mise sur la qualité pour faire face à Quebecor
Il y a un mois, Quebecor lançait L'Écho de Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, au cœur des platebandes du Canada Français, un groupe acquis quelques semaines plus tôt par Transcontinental. Les deux géants se livrent une bataille féroce sur le marché de la presse hebdomadaire depuis plus d'un an. Si bien que, la semaine dernière, les journaux indépendants se sont…
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Future of News: ScribbleLive talks to Jeff Jarvis on the value of liveblogging
ScribbleLive’s Dana Lacey chats with Jeff Jarvis, well-known American journalist, blogger, and professor at CUNY’s j-school.
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Romenesko: How I ended up leaving Poynter
Until now, Jim Romensko has kept mum over the Poynter-aggregation-attribution uproar. No longer.
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Alternative news in the Philippines
Bulatlat.com is a donor-supported alternative news website in the Philippines. Reporters cover local and international news, with a human rights focus. Bulatlat also covers alternative media developments, such as the launch of Radyo Sagada, a new community radio station. The Philippines remains one of the most dangerous countries in the world to do journalism, and…
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RCMP put on leash: Toronto Star
Journalists may have a tough time getting RCMP to go off-message thanks to a new protocol that puts officers on a much tighter leash.
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CRTC officially revokes CKXT licence ending free access to Sun News
The CRTC has officially approved TVA Group’s request to revoke the broadcasting licence for CKXT-TV and its related transmitters.
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First years and the rush to publish
When one lecturer’s department at East Tennessee State University introduced a content-management system that put j-students’ first-ever stories in the public spotlight, the fallout was, as she puts it, “enough to make me tear up my syllabus.”
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The ethics of aggregation: Bert Archer
Bert Archer has an interesting piece up on the Toronto Standard about the ethics of aggregation in light of the whole Romenesko-Poynter-attribution uproar.