HuffPo Canada names their ‘news losers’ of 2011
HuffPo Canada has named their top five "news losers" of 2011 and the results don't yield too much of a surprise.
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Five questions for OpenFile’s Sarah Millar
We talk to Sarah Millar, the new social media and community editor at OpenFile, about her move from the Toronto Star’s digital team to the collaborative-based startup, why social media excites her and how journalists and editors can use the Internet better.
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Élections en Russie: lnternet érode la propagande étatique
Le recul de Russie unie aux élections législatives de dimanche ébranle la domination jusqu'à présent perçue comme intangible de Vladimir Poutine. Selon le journaliste Frédérick Lavoie, ce revers infligé au parti au pouvoir n'est pas étranger à l'information véhiculée sur Internet. Installé à Moscou depuis 2008, il a observé qu'au cours des dernières années la…
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CBC brings back Hockey Night in Canada in Punjabi
After cancelling Hockey Night in Canada in Punjabi in October, Ishani Nath reports that support from the Punjabi community has resurrected the broadcast for the second straight year.
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The death of the sports interview: Exclusive problem or part of a larger trend?
ESPN published a feature yesterday about the “decomposed remains of the sports interview.” They look at how Twitter, scrums and press conferences have resulted in athletes and managers putting up their guard, turning the gap between fan and team into a gaping chasm.
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Brunswick News rolls out paywall
It appears the era of paid news in New Brunswick has begun, as Irving-owned Brunswick News Inc. rolls out its paywall.
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Covering Peter MacKay, Rob Ford and the Toronto Star: The ‘tabloidization of politics’
News media have a responsibility to keep the news in proportion. John Miller argues that the past week's coverage of Peter MacKay's helicopter ride and Rob Ford's freeze on the Toronto Star has largely failed to do this. He calls it: the tabloidization of politics.
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2012 preview: Digital revenue all-important for newspapers
With 2011 revenues being less than expected, newspapers need to focus on creating digital advertising revenue next year.
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Wot means journalistic independence? One answer, in the form of a sonnet
It's become a familiar, yet unresolved, question: what, if anything, distinguishes an act of journalism from other stuff? Ivor Shapiro has a thought on that, with a little help from the Bard of Avon.
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Many Occupy Toronto protestors gave media fake names, one claims to Star’s Kathy English
The Star's Public Editor, Kathy English, tries to track down whether one Occupy Toronto protestor used a pseudonym to the newspaper's reporters, without it being revealed to readers. Then, he tells her that many of his fellow protestors did the same. Were Toronto reporters duped or did they knowingly use pseudonyms – but perhaps duping…