Suggestions to reduce cost of libel proceedings
Libel cases don’t come on the cheap. But the cost of the cases could be reduced, according to a new report from a British group appropriately named Alternative Libel Project.
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Courthouse culture, press freedom vs. privacy and ethics codes: #freepresscda Day 2
J-Source's Belinda Alzner and Rhiannon Russell spent Mar. 8 and 9 liveblogging and tweeting from a conference discussing the status of press freedom in Canada, hosted by Ryerson University's Journalism Research Centre in partnership with the Law Research Centre.
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Media mediocrity, lunch with Tony Burman and courtroom tweeting: A roundup of #freepresscda Day 1
J-Source's Belinda Alzner and Rhiannon Russell spent Mar. 8 and 9 liveblogging and tweeting from a conference discussing the status of press freedom in Canada, hosted by Ryerson University's Journalism Research Centre in partnership with the Law Research Centre.
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Examining an uncertain future for newspapers
The Pew Research Centre’s Project for Excellence in Journalism has released a new study examining the business models of newspapers and how they are adapting to a digital world. Belinda Alzner examines its findings, the ways that newspapers in the U.S. are adjusting their methods accordingly (or not), and why Canadian newspapers may be faring…
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Who does the celebrity interview really purpose?
The problem one editor has with the relationship between celebrities and journalists, from GOOD.
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Breaking the ‘robocalls’ story: Maher and McGregor
The Hill Times has a feature with Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher — the two reporters who broke the robocalls story for The Ottawa Citizen and Postmedia, respectively. They discuss how they got the story as well as what the reception has been like and how the story has developed since the original broke on…
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Getting the story in Ghana: A Canadian journalist’s perspective
Gwyneth Dunsford, a Canadian journalist living in Ghana as a JHR Rights Media Radio intern, wrote this account of her frustration with gaining access to sources, re-published here with permission from JHR's Field Notes.
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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.
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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 outbound links.
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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 solutions for treating the world of media. They will get something more valuable.