Fiona Conway joins CBC News as executive director of programming
CBC announced yesterday that award-winning news producer Fiona Conway will be starting at CBC News as its executive director of programming on July 23.
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J-Links for July 5: Police return images; Reaction to citizen journalism; Editor charged with treason
Today's media links from Canada and beyond: police return 12-year-old images, CBSC makes decision over prank call, reaction to a column on citizen journalism and an Azerbaijan editor is charged with trason. And today's read: A young music prodigy faces possible deportation from Canada.
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Book Review: “Out of the Blue”
“Out of the Blue” is a gripping memoir of Jan Wong's struggle with depression and about the end of the love affair with her newspaper. It shines a light on ignorance about clinical depression and on the stigma that the illness brings with it. Her book is also a warning to journalists — obsession with…
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CUTV: A media player in the Montreal student movement
Beyond Twitter and Facebook, the mix of mediums wielded by strikers, protestors, and their allies on the streets of Montreal over the last four months includes CUTV.
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Prince Edward Island’s The Guardian turns 125
What is celebrating its 125th birthday and covers Prince Edward Island like the dew? PEI’s daily paper, The Guardian, of course.
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J-Links for July 4: The story of the Canadian Women’s Press Club; how should journos cover Africa?; scientists discover new sub-atomic particle
Today’s media links from Canada and beyond: The story of the Canadian Women’s Press Club, CityTV Saskatchewan launch and a twitter debate on how journos should cover Africa. And today’s read: scientists new discovery is “consistent” with the Higgs boson.
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Posting, tweeting and linking to copyrighted material is okay says Federal Court
For Internet users accustomed to posting, linking, tweeting, pinning, or otherwise communicating the news of the day online, they can breathe a sigh of relief as a recent decision from the Federal Court of Canada sends a strong signal that such activities fall within the law.
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Canadian freelancers to benefit from safety training link
A Canadian charity is linking up with a British one to boost hazardous environment training for Canadian freelance journalists.
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Laurier Brantford hiring for two teaching positions
Laurier Brantford’s journalism school is hiring for two teaching positions for its 2012-2013 academic year, and Bruce Gillespie, an instructor at the school, gave some insight into what they’re looking for in each of the positions over on his blog:
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Applying innovation to journalism curricula
Journalism educators went back to school for three days recently at The Poynter Institute's Teachapalooza 2012 looking for inspiration about how to update their lessons and their programs to respond to the changes in the industry. One of the participants, Kanina Holmes, an assistant professor of journalism at Carleton University, reflects on the lessons she…