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?
Albeit quietly, there has been an interesting journalism experiment conducted on Parliament Hill over the last week. Every day, there is a list of committee meetings, panels and other goings-on in Ottawa. The trick for most journalists on the Hill is figuring out which one to attend, and which event will hold the most interest…
It may not be Canadian, but a legacy weekly magazine shifting out of print production as Newsweek announced today will likely have industry-wide implications, at least serving as an example for publications thinking about going digital-only. As a result, we have created this roundup of coverage and analysis that those south of the border have provided.
Turns out CBC News chief correspondent Peter Mansbridge can rock the horse dance with the best of them.
We published a list of Twitter accounts we thought would be useful for Canadian journalism students to consider following. Then, we invited your suggestions to make it better. The flood of tweets that followed did help make the list much better, and much longer, but also taught us some difficult lessons about the hazards of making such…