Journalists are fed up with canned talking points in response to questions, but are they better than nothing? Should journalists push more for phone interviews? Take the J-Source poll and tell us what you think of emailed statements.
No longer is Parliamentary procedure or City Council restricted to those who can physically be in the room; no more is 24-hour television news your only option for tracking the latest on election night. Say hello to real-time digital content. Social media and other live, real-time-updating technologies have changed the political process in many ways.…
Many journalism students dream of working overseas, but Lily Martin turned fantasy into reality. How? Research. Here in J-Source she explains how being able to find people and information–especially through social media–makes you an asset abroad, and why you need to do your research before you pack your bags.
As part of its long-term plan to get out of the real estate business, Postmedia Network is selling off its Calgary Herald building and the Kennedy Heights printing facility for the Vancouver Sun and The Province. The sales would mean the loss of approximately 200 job losses in B.C. and another 60 in Calgary.
The Globe and Mail defended its use of anonymous sources for an investigative piece by Greg McArthur and Shannon Kari that looked into Mayor Rob Ford’s family's alleged drug dealings. The Toronto Star responded to complaints about an article the newspaper ran about a video that allegedly showed Ford smoking crack. That article was written by city hall reporter Robyn Doolittle…
Anabel Cossette Civitella débute son stage au Devoir ce matin. La jeune récipiendaire de la bourse AJIQ-Le Devoir va passer quatre semaines à la rédaction du quotidien de la rue de Bleury. Elle est la dixième à bénéficier de cette opportunité, résultat d’une entente intervenue entre l’Association des journalistes indépendants et Le Devoir au début…
C’est ce que révèle une étude menée par Influence Communication. La firme spécialisée dans la surveillance et l’analyse médiatique a scrupuleusement écouté l’ensemble des médias électroniques québécois durant les deux dernières années pour en conclure que la radio est le média par excellence où l’on sacre et que «maudit/maudite» est de loin le juron le…
During his program The Source, Ezra Levant made negative comments about the Roma community, which the CBSC found the broadcast in violation of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ Code of Ethics.
Read the column by CP's director of digital Andrew Lundy in which he explains the importance of developing this policy. [node:ad] Read the column by CP's director of digital Andrew Lundy in which he explains the importance of developing this policy.
The Canadian Press recently released a new social media policy, which was in the works for months. Here, the newswire's director of digital Andrew Lundy explains the thinking that went into creating CP’s six rules of thumb for social media.