Former Toronto Sun editorial page editor and columnist Rob Granatstein was in sole possession of a recording from a 2010 editorial board meeting at which then-Toronto city councillor Rob Ford allegedly made libellous comments. Those remarks are now the subject of a lawsuit. What to do with the recording?
Noted experts in their field, Mathew Ingram and Craig Silverman recently spoke about the issues of trust and transparency in a new media world to a crowd of students and media-interested Haligonians at the University of King's College in Halifax, NS at the 9th Annual Joseph Howe Symposium.
CBC’s Ombudsman ruled that a CBC story on the elimination of non-Christian prison chaplains violated its Journalistic Standards and Practices policy—specifically the section that “calls for accurate presentation of information and the clearest possible production of content”—in its quoting a government official. The story was posted on CBCnews.ca Oct. 4 and had the word “Christian” added to a…
Last night, Canadian newsrooms fervently covered the U.S. election in which Barack Obama claimed victory to lead the country for a second term. Belinda Alzner put together these galleries of what Canadian media websites looked like last night after Obama's win was called, and what newspaper front pages from across the country looked like this…
Ira Glass’ radio storytelling techniques challenge a news media world that is so full of dark stories. Rhiannon Russell writes about putting a face to the famous voice of This American Life at Toronto's Massey Hall.
How should newspapers be labelling advertorials so that it's clear to readers where the content is coming from? This is just one of the questions Jonathan Sas asks after a recent eight-page advertorial spread on the oil sands in The Globe and Mail was labelled differently in print than it was online.
The University of King’s College’s 9th annual Joseph Howe Symposium on Saturday Nov. 3 will host Craig Silverman and Mathew Ingram in talk about truth and new media.
In light of the news that Sun Media had laid off five regional publishers in Ontario, replacing them with advertising managers, Steve Ladurantaye turned to his former publisher to ask: What role do local publishers play in newspapers?
If there is one thing that many young journalists can bond over, it’s the common experience of having worked in unpaid internships to gain experience. The downside to this is obvious and well-documented. But as Belinda Alzner explains, panelists at a recent conference on precarious workers demonstrated the topic of unpaid internships still prompts a complicated…
Conrad Black is proud that he has emerged from his conviction and imprisonment in a manner that allowed him to “endure a discussion like this without getting up and smashing your face in.” What do you think of the interview?