After a year of teaching with the text, J-Source asked two j-school profs what they thought of Robert Cribb, Dean Jobb, David McKie, Fred Vallance-Jones’ second edition of Digging Deeper: A Canadian Reporter’s Research Guide. Here’s what they had to say.
J-Source reporter Alexandra Bosanac caught up with the former Globe and Mail columnist Christie Blatchford at the paper’s send-off party last week to chat about Blatchford’s move to Postmedia, her time at the Globe and her first column at her new gig.
It turns out the future is looking pretty good, writes Ellin Bessner. Indeed, the eastern regional director for Global News, Mike Omelus, believes there’s never been a better time to be in the biz. If the flurry of broadcast expansions these past two weeks is anything to go by, he could be right.
What’s it like to interview someone with three decades worth of experience asking their own questions? For the answer to this question, check out Jian Ghomeshi’s interview with Hana Gartner on Q. The veteran journo just can’t help herself.
The Prime Minister is in the hospital? Thirty bodies in a Texas home? You can file both them under news that wasn’t. As The Current‘s Anna Maria Tremonti said on Friday’s show, “fake news never had it so good.” Common denominator: Twitter.
When Krista Erickson’ recently interviewed world-renowned Canadian dancer Margie Gillis on Sun TV, the result was raw comedy, writes Globe and Mail columnist John Doyle.
The Eastern Door is having a very, very good year. First, it was nominated for a 2011 Michener Award; then it was honoured by the Canadian Association of Journalists. Brittany LeBorgne tells how one small, 2,000-circulation paper based in Kahnawake became a big player in the news world by doing great community journalism.
There are plenty of questions that surround WikiLeaks, writes Joshua Noble in yesterday’s Toronto Star. Is anonymous leaking ethical? Does it endanger or protect? Is it democratic or anarchistic? But most of all, are we asking the right questions? “If we take a step back from the rhetoric that surrounds Wikileaks,” writes Noble, “there is…
When it comes to religion-based broadcasts, it’s not uncommon for people to make bold — but tenuous — statements on air. But when it comes to religious opinions, how far is too far? This sticky question played front and centre in a recent decision by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council, and is worth examining.
The Committee to Protect Journalists is reporting 251 journalists have been killed in the past decade. The report comes within hours of Pakistani reporter Saleem Shahzad’s murder after he reported on Al-Quaeda’s involvement in his country’s navy.A Pakistani journalist friend of mine posted this on May 31 at 4:14 a.m. PST:“New development in case of…