A seemingly simple Freedom of Information request rocked the Alberta government last week, triggering one firing, another resignation and an internal investigation. CBC's Charles Rusnell, an award-winning investigative reporter and producer, explains how he broke the story.
Melanie Coulson is a senior online editor for The Ottawa Citizen and a journalism instructor at Carleton University, but Sun News Network's latest job posting caught her eye. Here is her open cover letter to the network.
Today’s media links from Canada and beyond: Bell responds to competitor’s opposition of Astral Media takeover, magazine readership data released, CBC radio personality Sook-Yin Lee plays Olivia Chow in Layton biopic and a radio journalist in Mali was attacked and forced to go off the air. And today’s read: FIFA’s investigation into comments after Canada’s…
Ivor Shapiro may not know much about soccer, but he knows that some coverage of yesterday's Canada-U.S. women’s soccer semifinal fell short of the rigour and autonomy that, he believes, should define journalism.
The Media Ecology Association (MEA) has put out a call for submissions for its annual 2013 MEA Awards. MEA is a not-for-profit organization that promotes the study, research, criticism and application of media ecology on different platforms. Media ecology, as written on the MEA’s website is “the study of media environments, the idea that…
Today’s media links from Canada and beyond: An in-depth look at brand journalism, criminologists look to journalist/source relationship as they try to keep report from Magnotta trial, Tim Knight’s notes on the Olympic coverage and a young Somali journalist’s story. And today’s read: cheap lobster may not be a good thing — here’s why. …
You Tube has launched the I Files, focusing on investigative journalism. [node:ad]
CBC Radio veteran, J-Source contributing editor and new CanWest Fellow Ira Basen recently sat down with public relations pro Judy Gombita to talk about the relationship between journalism and PR.
Ira Basen has been named the 2012-2013 CanWest journalism fellow by Western University.
CBC has announced that its new local radio and digital service that will be coming to the Kitchener-Waterloo and Cambridge area this fall has a home in downtown Kitchener.