Online social networking changing the way Canadians get their news: study
Canadians are increasingly using social networking sites to get their news, according to a recently released study. But are they listening to journalists? J-Source reports.
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Élections 2011: les sondages en manchette
Pour la première fois, les néo-démocrates pourraient former l’Opposition officielle à la chambre des communes, d’après les sondeurs de Ekos, Nanos, Environics et Forum Research. Cette nouvelle fait les gros titres de la majorité des médias nationaux depuis plusieurs jours, démontrant une nouvelle fois l’énorme poids des sondages dans la couverture de la campagne électorale.…
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When is a Prime Minister not a Prime Minister?
Style can be a sticky thing, and this one’s been bugging us: Once an election has been called, should media refer still refer to the Prime Minister by his (or her) title? Or should we drop it and refer to the person simply as “X” Party Leader? We asked former CBC grammar guru Judy Maddren…
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Canadian Association of Journalists 2011 National Convention
Have you signed up yet? This year’s convention features three days of panels, speeches and hands-on workshops. Speakers include: Philip Meyer, author of The Vanishing Newspaper: Saving Journalism in the Information Age, The Ottawa Citizen’s Gary Dimmock, who will provide an insider’s view of the crime beat, and his colleague, investigative reporter Glen McGregor, who…
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Sun TV one week later: What reviewers are saying
Alright so a week has passed since the debut of Sun TV. While the network is still taking its first steps and there are, surely, more things to come, we still want to know: What did everyone think of the first seven days? Well, one thing’s for sure: few left their screens overly impressed, or…
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Social media + traditional election coverage = Love?
What happens when social media meets traditional election coverage? Come to tonight’s CJF Forum to find out. The Q&A panel features Mark Blevis, a digital public affairs strategist whose data crunching has been sourced by the Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press and others; Chris Boutet, senior producer of digital media at the National Post;…
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Idée: “J’ai échangé ma visibilité contre tous mes droits”
Sur le modèle du Huffington Post, le magazine économique Forbes.com compte lui aussi constituer une équipe de blogueurs non rémunérés. Cependant, alors même qu’un collaborateur du HuffPo estime que le site devrait reverser une partie des gains de sa fusion avec AOL à ses bénévoles, Forbes.com envisage de mettre en vente les textes de ses…
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The search for narrative
Week three was supposed to be when things took off: media would know a whole lot more, and the election narrative would become clearer — and hopefully more dramatic. However, by week’s end not much had changed. Elly Alboim discusses the media’s search for good narrative when it comes to reporting Election 2011.
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Why the media loves elections polls — but maybe shouldn’t
Mainstream media loves reporting on the ups and downs of election polls, often turning politics into a spectator sport. Unfortunately, when the media focuses on the horse race, weightier issues become back-page material. Erin James-Abra asks whether the media is really arming voters with the information they’ll need on May 2nd — and if polls…
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The great (white) debate?
The aftermath of this year’s leaders’ debate was a little same ol’: frentic coverage focused on who won, who didn’t answer the questions, who did (did anyone?). In this quick-and-dirty coverage many journalists ignored what drove the whole affair: the questions posed by so-called “ordinary Canadians” on tape. One journalist didn’t; for two days after…