Two years after covering the Arab Spring, CBC reporter Nahlah Ayed's memoir has been released in paperback with a new epilogue chronicling the civil war in Syria and her return to Tahrir Square. A Thousand Farewells offers a valuable perspective for journalists.
For the large, silent majority of readers turned off by comments sections, the solution is simple: stop reading them. But for journalists, who are frequently themselves the subjects of discussion, and who are increasingly being pressured to moderate and participate in online discussions, ignoring the problem just isn’t an option anymore.
Depending on funding and other considerations, the Langara College Journalism Department is seeking instructors to fill positions ranging from a single specialty topic to half-time, three-quarter-time or full-time teaching load beginning September 2013. Langara is Western Canada’s oldest journalism program and has the only one-year post-graduate program west of Ontario. Graduates work at media outlets…
Peter Worthington, co-founder of the Toronto Sun and a four-time National Newspaper Award winner, died Monday. Worthington wrote in his obituary that he realized “for journalists, reconnaissance can be valuable, and that it’s better to be lucky than good.” J-Source takes a look at the man behind the legend, as he describes himself in his own words.
Most journalism schools don’t like to talk to their students about public relations. They teach them nothing about PR history, theory, ethics and practice. It’s as if they believe that by teaching them about the “dark side” they will somehow be made impure. Journalism professor Ira Basen writes this lack of knowledge about PR does…
Postmedia Network rolled out online paywalls on all 10 of its dailies Tuesday, following a two-year pilot project. Readers will be introduced to the paywalls with an advertising campaign, including full-page wraps on all Postmedia newspapers and TV spots starting this week, the company announced in a press release.
The Chronicle Herald, which won six gold Atlantic Journalism Awards, misspelled its own name in an article celebrating its accomplishments. Check out the image, courtesy of Craig Silverman at Poynter. [node:ad] UPDATE: On Thursday, Metro Halifax reported that approximately 30 Chronicle Herald employees walked out as “collective 15 minute break.” “We’re entitled to our breaks, and we’ve…
Doug Kelly, the publisher of the National Post is leaving the newspaper at the end of May, the Canadian Press reports. “Postmedia spokeswoman Phyllise Gelfand said Kelly had been considering internal opportunities but announced Friday that he would be leaving the company,” the wire service wrote. His departure comes two weeks after Postmedia Network fired…
With several mistaken facts in The Globe and Mail editorial endorsing Christy Clark for premier, David Beers writes the editorial will do little to change the views of any British Columbians who resent that so much of the province's major media is owned and run outside the province.