What do freelancers have to say about the best story of the year? The best editors? Publications? Online site Story Board (an initiative of the Canadian Media Guild and the Canadian Writers Group) has launched a survey on the state of magazine freelancing in Canada — just in time for the National Magazine Awards. In…
The Committee to Protect Journalists is reporting 251 journalists have been killed in the past decade. The report comes within hours of Pakistani reporter Saleem Shahzad’s murder after he reported on Al-Quaeda’s involvement in his country’s navy.A Pakistani journalist friend of mine posted this on May 31 at 4:14 a.m. PST:“New development in case of…
Around the world, people are still getting away with murder. Indeed, among the three worst-ranking countries for anti-press violence, all showed no improvement, and some even worsened, according to the just-released 2011 Committee to Protect Journalists’ Impunity Index.
Il y a un an, Radio-Canada réalisait l'intégration en regroupant ses journalistes de la radio et de la télévision dans une même salle des nouvelles. Journaliste à la Première chaîne, Chantal Francœur a elle-même vécu le processus comme un choc et a décidé d'y consacrer ses recherches doctorales à l'Université Concordia. Nous publions ici deux…
The news photographers Association of Canada has announced the winners of its annual National Pictures of the Year awards. The awards were announced at the 2011 photojournalism conference in Winnipeg, earlier this week. Notably, the National Post‘s Tyler Anderson took home the photojournalist of the year award, and The Brandon Sun‘s Tim Smith won for…
Par Hugo Prévost de pieuvre.ca Collaboration en ligne, agences de presse, numérisation de l’information… Les discussions allaient bon train, samedi, sur la transformation des médias et l’avenir des professions des domaines du journalisme et de la publicité, alors qu’une centaine de personnes se sont réunies au Cœur des sciences de l’UQAM pour participer à la…
For some lucky journalists, this is the most wonderful time of the year: award season. In the next couple of weeks, winners of the National Magazine Awards, the Western Magazine Awards, the Kenneth R. Wilson Awards, and the Michener Award will all be announced. And of course, the Canadian Journalism Foundation will announce its award…
One way to measure the success of any university program is to look at the real world output of the students.When it comes to investigative journalism, the students at King’s College in Halifax deserve high marks.
Online news start-ups are collaborative, innovative, and full of great journalism — but where’s the money? Former J-Source associate editor Dana Lacey introduces you to the minds behind Canada’s online news start-ups, as they try to answer the biz’s biggest elephant-in-the-room question.
The Globe and Mail is ignoring educated people under thirty-five, writes Annie Burns-Pieper. What’s more, she adds, if changes aren’t made soon it’s going to cost them. Big time.