The Tower of Babble by Richard Stursberg is a mass of contradictions, says Howard Bernstein in this review. So, why read it? A few reasons: It is a rare opportunity to see inside CBC management. It is an amazing look at one of the most controversial, confrontational characters to work in media in Canada. And it actually…
Malcolm Kelly gives a preview of a panel on sports journalism taking place at this weekend's CAJ Conference that will look at the revenue sports produces and the audience figures it draws that are, he says, the envy of more "serious" journalists.
Though the relationship between audience and journalist has changed over recent years, collaborative story-telling is still a work in progress. As Karen Owen explains, in the end, it's up to journalists to ensure the information in their stories is fair and accurate.
Newspaper subscriptions may be waning in places where digital technology has been widely adopted and online news is quite literally at your fingertips at all times by means of smartphone technology, but this isn’t the case across the globe.
Anyone who came to last night’s forum on participatory journalism looking to be told definitively how blogging, commenting, social media and engagement have changed the craft of journalism surely left disappointed. While the panelists agreed that engaging with audiences is both beneficial and absolutely essential in a new media landscape, there were differences of opinion…
Sure, the mayor is on a diet. But did a grainy, context-free citizen-submitted video really warrant being run by a newspaper? (Especially one that has an open feud with Mayor Ford?)
Courtroom-tweeting journalists are not stenographers, at some critics say. Rather, they are thoughtful, applying journalistic standards to what they tweet and how they craft each 140-character publication. But despite this, there is little consistency in courts as to when tweeting is permissible.
The fact that social media has changed the way people consume news isn't a new or revolutionary idea. But this infographic from Schools.com shows some general trends to keep an eye on.
When it comes to letters to the editor, most are fit to be printed. The odd one is not. David Swick looks at a recent instance where a letter was published saying a victim of sexual abuse could have "walked away," the ensuing reaction and the line between censorship and standard civil discourse.
Beyond being an award-winning sports journalist, Randy Starkman was a friend, father and husband. Janice Neil, J-Source's editor-in-chief, gives tribute to the man she says embodied the idea that humanity should be the starting point for all journalists.