The ethics of aggregation: Bert Archer
Bert Archer has an interesting piece up on the Toronto Standard about the ethics of aggregation in light of the whole Romenesko-Poynter-attribution uproar.
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Why every government hates the CBC: John Doyle
It isn’t just the current Conservative government that has a hate-on for the CBC, writes The Globe and Mail’s John Doyle. Every government in power since the CBC’s creation has had a beef with the public broadcaster, and, well, it kind of makes sense.
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This time, journo Occupy sympathizer quits
Over the past few weeks, we’ve written about two Occupy protesters who were fired — and the reignited debate over journalists and sharing opinions. Well, not all journalist-Occupy sympathizers had to be shown the door – some made the decision to leave themselves.
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Why the Arab Spring isn’t the Facebook Revolution: Ottawa Citizen
Facebook Revolution. Twitter Revolution. Neither of the latest social media monikers given to the Arab Spring fit, writes the Ottawa Citizen’s Declan Hill. Or at least, not in the way many think.
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Taking stock of media and democracy
New developments in the media may not have such a positive effect on the openness of information after all. The quality of news hasn't fared too well, either.
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One soldier, one Tweet: remembering Canada’s war dead
Twitter gives its users a platform to broadcast, to promote, and to converse. Melanie Coulson tells us how one journalist used it to help Canadians remember the history of our fallen soldiers. This post was originally published on Coulson's blog, Journomel.com
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Ming Pao’s union fight
When workers at Ming Pao, one of Toronto’s largest Chinese daily newspapers, started to unionize this summer things got nasty fast. Management laid off union organizers and openly likened others to Maoists. Seven weeks into the resulting strike, Rhiannon Russell visits the picket line for the inside scoop.
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The power of the Punjabi press
A growing number of people in the GTA say they are becoming victimized by the highly influential, and allegedly irresponsible, ethnic media, reports the Toronto Star.
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Roy MacGregor decries reporters treated like “hamsters” to “file, file, file” the arcane and minutiae
In a passionate call for a return to storytelling, Roy MacGregor, blames the an "obsession with 'content'" for applying pressure on reporters to "file, file, file" to produce content that lack substance. [node:ad] MacGregor says reporters are treated like "hamsters stuck in an endless wheel, spinning nowhere. They must set up games, tweet from morning…
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Another great books list
Who doesn’t love a top j-books list? For journalists, it’s endless fun debating what books should have made it but didn’t, and what books did but shouldn’t have.