Nickelback bashing: How one short piece went viral
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.
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When the news breaks: Inside two Toronto newsrooms
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.
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Pressroom nostalgia and the decline of print
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…
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Is it time for an information diet?
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.
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Friday videos: HBO’s The Newsroom trailers
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.
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Tim Knight on journalism’s complicit role in abuse in the Catholic Church
"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.
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‘Did you see that guy’s hair?’ CBC’s alt-commentary for women draws criticism
‘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.
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Follow-up: Canadian photojournalist on reintegrating former child soldiers
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.
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Facebook’s IPO and what it means for journalists
It's true: The way journalism and journalists interact with social media is rapidly evolving. So if you think you’ve got a handle on how to use each platform to enhance your journalism, you might want to re-think that with Facebook’s much-hyped upcoming IPO. At least one journalist is, anyway.
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Tonight’s disconnect? Cancelling Connect with Mark Kelley
What do you do with your highest rated orginal program when it has an engaged audience and phenomenal growth? Cut it. That's what's happening to CBC News Network's Connect with Mark Kelley. Field Notes Editor Nicole Blanchett Neheli finds out why.