After the earthquake in Haiti last year, plenty of organizations rushed in to help. One of those was former U.S. president Bill Clinton's foundation, which promised to build several "hurricane-proof" shelter/school duos. However, in a recent investigation published by the Canadian Centre for Investigative Reporting two journalists discovered promises that look good on paper don't…
Alexandra Bosanac talks to recently-named CAJ president Hugo Rodrigues about one of the journalism's prickliest issues: the certification. Will the CAJ support, or trash the Payette report and its suggestions? Rodrigues isn’t sure. More on why, plus the CAJ’s failing membership, and more.
The community-powered news site is growing — and fast. We talk to OpenFile's CEO Wilf Dinnick about a busy summer, the quest to commercialize, and blowing out the one-year birthday candles.
David Hedley’s first job at a community newspaper in 1980 dashed any illusions his younger-self had about the glory of work as a journalist. It also taught the future Calgary Herald web producer the importance of multi-tasking — and truth.
Well, by now we all know why Kai Nagata quit. And although Nagata’s critique lacked the elegance (and brevity) of Edward R. Murrow’s 1958 RTNDA speech, it was a cut above Adam Smith’s drunken YouTube resignation. In a field where the first instinct is ‘write about it,’ Nagata isn’t the first journalist to go out…
Kirk LaPointe has been busy. The CBC Ombudsman has recently released five new reports. You can download and read them in full from the CBC Ombudsman website, but here are some summaries.
Le patron de News Corp., Rupert Murdoch, affirme qu'il n'était pas au courant que son tabloïd, News of the World, infiltrait illégalement des boîtes vocales. Appelé à s'expliquer aujourd'hui devant les parlementaires britanniques en compagnie de son fils James, il a nié toute responsabilité dans le scandale du hackgate, rejetant le blâme sur ses subordonnés.
The Financial Times is reporting that the Reader's Digest Association has put itself up for a $1-billion sale "according to people with knowledge of the plans."
Video journalist Dan McIntosh is the new co-anchor for CTV Regina's News at Six. He joins current anchor Danelle Boivin. [node:ad] McIntosh has been with CTV Regina for the past six years. Before that, McIntosh worked at CHAT TV in Medicine Hat, and is a grad of the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. “Dan’s experience…
Former Ryerson University journalism chair John Miller is one of the many people left shaking their heads after Sun Media recently announced it's quitting the Ontario Press Council. "It's a bad decision," writes Miller on his blog, "and even worse timing."