New legislation in Newfoundland vastly expands the ways the government can say no to freedom-of-information requests. J-source contributing editor and access expert Fred Vallance-Jones argues the bill goes too far.
Brian Trinh was at the Eaton Centre on June 2 as a shopper, not a reporter. But when gunshots rang out in the Toronto mall's busy upscale food court, the Huffington Post Canada intern did what only journalists and emergency service employees do: He followed the sound of the shots and the screams to get…
There are few things easier for a music journalist than writing something about how much Nickleback sucks and why the Canadian arena rockers are ruining music as we know it.
Breaking news happens when it happens; it doesn't wait for newsrooms to organize their staff, change their layout and wait for another story to finish. So how did two Toronto newsrooms manage their coverage of two big stories last weekend in Union Station flooding and the Eaton Centre shooting? Angelina Irinici found out.
As printed newspapers continue their well-documented decline, one thing often not discussed is the effect on pressrooms that once churned out their pages. Steve Ladurantaye, a third-generation newspaper man, laments the death of the pressroom and describes how in 40 years, the newspaper industry has gone from molten lead to centralized production centres hinged around…
There's a difference between being highly-informed and well-informed, says Clay Johnson, author of the book The Information Diet. Belinda Alzner explains why Johnson believes we need to balance the information we read, view and hear and stop merely consuming the news equivalent of McDonald's.
It’s Friday afternoon, Toronto is flooding, Montreal is dealing with broken-down student talks and one of the most grisly investigations in its history, and Vancouver has a cat mutilator on its hands. Let's watch a trailer about a new journalism-centric HBO drama.
"Everyone" may have known about the child abuse and sexual assault that was occuring in the Catholic Church, but it took years for anyone to bring the issue to light. And in this, says Tim Knight, journalism has played a complicit role.
‘Did you see that guy’s hair?' That’s the kind of commentary CBC is looking to offer its female viewers during the upcoming Stanley Cup Finals. Lena Sutherland and Jules Mancuso, who run whilethemenwatch.com, will run the sports talk show, which they describe as “Sex and the City” meets ESPN.
Marc Ellison, a Canadian photojournalist wrote about his approach to anthropographia in Uganda back in March for J-Source. In a special to the Toronto Star on Saturday, he tells Alice’s story in particular.