In this Toronto Star video series on photojournalism, Tara Walton uses silhouettes, detail shots, and selective focus to create compelling images when her subject cannot be identified.
A J-Source survey of 339 Canadian news columnists found that—at least in terms of age and gender—they do not accurately represent the Canadian population.
Kamloops This Week has hired three reporters who were laid off last week by its competitor, Kamloops Daily News, which is shutting down.
The Globe and Mail announced it is seeking to eliminate nine editorial positions, and effectively gutted the newspaper's photo department. Meanwhile Postmedia Network has laid off the social media editor and sports editor of the National Post, among others.
According to a memo sent by publisher Phillip Crawley, The Globe and Mail will layoff 18 staff.
Missed the CUP conference last week? J-Source pulled together the highlights from the four-day conference on topics as varied as drone journalism, crime reporting, working from disaster zones and keynote speeches by Toronto Star reporter Robyn Doolittle, Edmonton Journal editor Margo Goodhand and Sun News Network host Ezra Levant.
Every year, CUP hosts a national conference that attracts more than 300 young journalists like you from across the country. Today's topics include: Business journalism; a keynote speech by Edmonton mayor Don Iveson; Pitching for magazines; Writing book reviews; Disaster reporting and a final keynote speech by Sun News Network host Ezra Levant.
Cherney will join the Wall Street Journal as the Canada bureau chief, based in Toronto.
Every year, CUP hosts a national conference that attracts more than 300 young journalists like you from across the country. Today's topics include: crime reporting; a keynote speech from Margo Goodhand at the Edmonton Journal; and print design.
What role do journalists have in advancing solutions for society? Their role is to be the honeybee, not the butterfly. David Beers, founder of the Tyee and the Tyee Solutions Society, explains at the recent Ashoka Changemaker Showcase on Solutions Journalism.