Category / Commentary
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Telling the stories that have to be told – those of the most vulnerable
How do you give voice to the voiceless without damaging them in the process? Paula Last reports from the recent CAJ event on interviewing trauma survivors, explaining how journalists can be sensitive when telling…
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Roundup: Rob Ford, the morning after
Yesterday, we brought you what the Rob Ford decision looked like as it was covered live. Today, the front pages of the morning after.
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TV news is here to stay: J-Talk with Canadian broadcast executives
Television news is here to stay for at least the foreseeable future, but in an age of instant information, networks must provide more than just the scheduled newscast to keep their audience engaged. Eric Mark…
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The Grid’s Sue-Ann Levy profile: Twitter fights, hashtag mistakes and the controversial columnist’s less-public side
The Grid's cover story this week is a profile of controversial Toronto Sun columnist Sue-Ann Levy comes a month after she made what at least one journalist called an attempt to “self-destruct” on Twitter. A self-described “shit disturber,”…
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Sun Media cuts: Former editor laments, current editor responds
Sun Media is restructuring in a big way – a 500-jobs-cut kind of big way. Former editorial page editor Rob Granatstein says the cuts have “crushed local newsrooms,” but Toronto Sun editor-in-chief…
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Sun Media cuts: Toronto Sun editor James Wallace responds
Toronto Sun editor-in-chief James Wallace responds to Rob Granatstein’s lament on Sun Media’s 500 job cuts, saying that that the cuts to editorial are hardly “gutting,” (though they aren’t made without pain) and that Sun’s restructuring…
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Recap: CJF J-Talk with broadcast executives
How can broadcast news best deliver quality journalism while keeping ever-fragmenting audiences? That's one question among many that Steve Paikin, anchor and senior editor of TVO's The Agenda posed to a panel of broadcast executives at…
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Job cuts at Sun Media gut local news, argues former editor
Former Toronto Sun editorial page editor Rob Granatstein laments Sun Media’s 500 job cuts, saying they have “crushed local newsrooms.” The Sun, he argues, seems to be “ceding any advantage” it had…
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Building democracy: the relationship between media and elections
On Nov. 13, a group of election coverage experts gathered in Toronto to discuss how media coverage affects election results. Eric Mark Do attended and recaps here the highlights of the evening.
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The Globe and Mail acknowledges humour of #GlobeEditorial
The Twitterverse had some fun Thursday with a Globe and Mail editorial about a new video game, spawning the hashtag #GlobeEditorial.