Wentegate 2016: A round-up
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor [<a href=”//storify.com/jsource/wentegate-2016-a-round-up” target=”_blank”>View the story “Wentegate 2016: a round-up” on Storify</a>]
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Save Us from Depression: Immigrant Journalist
By Israr Kasana for New Canadian Media I was confident I was not being naïve or a ninnyhammer when I decided to relocate as a family to North America yet again, this time to Canada. That was a year ago. I had a Master’s degree, lots of national and international journalistic experience – both print and…
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CBC Ombudsman: Tweets in Stories: No big deal
By Esther Enkin for the CBC The complainant, Lawrence Wilson, thought reproducing the graphic image of a tweet from a politician was like providing free political advertising. He thought it made it too easy for someone to follow the politician. Quoting a tweet is accepted practice and when it’s embedded in a story with lots…
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Brunswick News ombudswoman: Communicating with consideration: writing about mental health
A headline last month that referred to this winter’s weather as “schizophrenic” received an appropriately chilly response from many readers. By Patricia Graham for the Brunswick News A headline last month that referred to this winter’s weather as “schizophrenic” received an appropriately chilly response from many readers. The description was contained in a quote from…
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Journalism startups carve out niches for themselves in Canada
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor A frequent lament among Canadian journalists is that we don’t have the same vibrant media culture as our American neighbours. There is no Canadian ProPublica, Knight Foundation, Vox, Mic, Poynter, The Intercept—we could go on. Point being, our media landscape is smaller and is controlled by very few companies. In…
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Canada drops 10 spots on 2016 world press freedom index after “dark age for journalism”
By Duncan Pike A new report from the global press freedom watchdog, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), describes the tenure of former Prime Minister Stephen Harper as a “dark age” for journalism in Canada, citing his hermetically-sealed style of government and the shameful state of our access to information system. The report notes that current Prime Minister…
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A reporter’s dispatches from Attawapiskat
By Donald Teuma-Castelletti When CBC multimedia journalist Olivia Stefanovich stepped off the plane in Attawapiskat, Ont., on Monday, April 11, she had no idea what to expect. She had reported about the Cree reserve before from her home base in Sudbury, Ont., but she had yet to visit it. But over the weekend, 11 young…
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Media on the Move: Apr. 7 to Apr. 20
Here’s our regular update on the moves, hires and promotions in Canadian journalism for Mar. 24 to Apr. 6. Remember to notify us of any journalism job news on Twitter and with the hashtag #cdnmediamoves. [<a href=”//storify.com/jsource/media-on-the-move-apr-7-to-apr-20″ target=”_blank”>View the story “Media on the Move: Apr. 7 to Apr. 20” on Storify</a>]
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Why Steve Ladurantaye is heading to the CBC
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor It’s fairly unusual for J-Source to be tipped off about the existence of a newsroom memo by the person it concerns. Of course, most people aren’t Twitter’s Steve Ladurantaye, making a splashy public announcement about his imminent move to the CBC and return to journalism. Just got my hands on…
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How Kelly Geraldine Malone told the story of Canada’s fastest-growing prison population
By Kendall P. Latimer On Feb.2, Kelly Geraldine Malone’s 4,000-word article “Why Indigenous Women Are Canada’s Fastest Growing Prison Population” was published on Vice, sparking a national dialogue about incarceration rates of Indigenous women. The Saskatoon-based journalist still considers herself green—despite an extensive resume, a journalism degree from University of Regina and national and prairie…