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VIDEO: The story of The Three Little Pigs, as told in modern news: The Guardian

The Guardian uses the story of The Three Little Pigs to demonstrate how it covers the evolution of a story, in this new advertisement.
Steve Buttry on why linking is good journalism

In response to a Twitter conversation that occurred over the weekend, Steve Buttry, Director of Community Engagement and Social Media for Digital First Media listed a number of reasons that news organizations should include…
Book Review: “Intersections of Media and Communications: Concepts, Context, and Critical Frameworks”

Intersections of Media and Communications: Concepts and Critical Framework offers the thought-provoking and intriguing entry points to a field undergoing a most fascinating transformation, but students of communication will not get ready-made recipes and…
What role does Facebook ‘creeping’ play in news coverage?

What do you think? When a family makes a request after losing a loved one, how should a news organization approach its coverage? Should they respect their wishes, or strive to provide…
It’s time to kill investigative journalism

In what he calls the "post-newspaper age", Richard Mostyn, former editor of Yukon News, is worried about newspaper-style reporting. That is, the writing of good, old-fashioned, patient and tenacious journalism in an…
Good reads: Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher ‘robocalls’ scoop

Postmedia's Stephen Maher and Glen McGregor have quite the scoop — they are reporting that Elections Canada has traced automated phone calls made in an attempt to confuse voters during the last…
Lara Logan on Marie Colvin’s death: ‘I feel guilty. I feel a little bit responsible’

Lara Logan, CBS chief foreign correspondent, appeared on CBS This Morning to speak about Marie Colvin, a foreign reporter for the Sunday Times who was killed yesterday in Syria, and about the challenges foreign reporters face in…
Discussing the relationship between citizen journalists and professionals

Is collaboration the key to making the most out of the relationship between citizen journalists and those professionally trained?
Behind-the-scenes at CTV News Southwestern Ontario

CTV News Southwestern Ontario is offering viewers a web-only behind-the-scenes look at what goes into daily reporting.
Three points of view on an instance of repackaging others’ work: Romenesko

To further the discussion on the role of summarizing, curating and repackaging other peoples’ work, Jim Romenesko has asked the three parties involved in a recent case to weigh in.