In response to a Twitter conversation that occurred over the weekend, Steve Buttry, Director of Community Engagement and Social Media for Digital First Media listed a number of reasons that news organizations should include outbound links.
Intersections of Media and Communications: Concepts and Critical Framework offers the thought-provoking and intriguing entry points to a field undergoing a most fascinating transformation, but students of communication will not get ready-made recipes and solutions for treating the world of media. They will get something more valuable.
The robo-calls scoop highlights the value of investigative journalism in today’s newsrooms. Technology has brought new dilemmas, like the ethics of hacker-assisted reporting. An online discussion of the law and ethics of investigative journalism raises some interesting debates. But the basics remain the same. Solid investigative reporting is equal parts looking under rocks and looking…
Would you let sub-zero temperatures, intimidating contestants, and packs of dogs keep you from covering a story? A rookie reporter from Ontario, Sam Riches, learns the 'code of the North' on the trail of one of the most famous dog sledding races in the world.
What do you think? When a family makes a request after losing a loved one, how should a news organization approach its coverage? Should they respect their wishes, or strive to provide a public snapshot of a life?
Par Renaud Carbasse À l'image des usages sur Internet, l'utilisation de Twitter par les journalistes est encore en construction et les stratégies desentreprises évoluent au fur et à mesure que de nouvelles questions et problèmes surgissent. Ce qui donne parfois lieu à la miseen place de pratiques contradictoires ou à des positions drastiques.
One of The Grid's senior editors is offering a four-week workshop on writing as a business.
National Public Radio in the U.S. released its new ethics handbook late last week. The handbook is an updated version of NPR’s 2003 ethics code, and looked to address shortcomings in the code that had become apparent.
À 63 ans, l'animatrice Chantal Jolis est décédée la nuit dernière aux Îles-de-la-Madeleine. Elle luttait contre la maladie de Parkinson depuis 2007. Arrivée au Québec en 1980 pour un séjour qui ne devait durer que deux semaines, «la folle Française», comme on la surnommait, n'est jamais repartie.
Le journaliste Pierre Duchesne de Radio-Canada ne couvrira plus la politique provincial à Québec. La direction du réseau public a décidé de le réaffecter à Montréal. Rattaché à la Colline parlementaire depuis 2005, M.Duchesne est membre du comité éditorial de ProjetJ et chargé de cours à l'Universté Laval.