The Costa Concordia wreck and the unfortunate page layouts that followed
There have been some interesting juxtapositions of images, editorial and advertising since the Costa Concordia ran aground last Friday off the coast of Italy.
-
-
Book Review: Feeling Canadian by Marusya Bociurkiw
In Feeling Canadian, Marusya Bociurkiw tackles the difficult and often frustrating topic of Canadian identity. Bociurkiw’s work yields a wide-ranging book that often strays from its initial objective: to explore Canadian television and national practices from 1995 to 2002.
-
Photojournalism among the most stressful jobs
The pressures of working on the front lines in a news-gathering and producing role have been recognized once again.
-
Can journalism be a profession?
Who is fundamentally a journalist? Is journalism a profession? How would a form of regulatory organization influence the practice of journalism? Jean-Sébastien Marier highlights the key ideas debated during a recent round table on the professionalization of journalism at the University of Ottawa.
-
Maybe something old, but is it news? Media coverage of Peter MacKay’s wedding
The news media went big with photos and stories about Defence Minister Peter MacKay’s marriage a couple of weeks ago.But Anne McNeilly wonders why it was news while the wedding of another cabinet minister and the multi-marriages of a recently appointed Supreme Court judge, are not.
-
So you want to be a ‘truth vigilante?’ Reaction to NYTimes public editor Arthur Brisbane’s column
Arthur Brisbane, New York Times public editor, attempts to equate two examples that are, by defintion, vastly different, resulted in blistering backlash from readers and journalists alike today.
-
Question of the day: Has social media simply become plain old media?
Has social media simply become plain old media?
-
Five questions for freelance photojournalist Nick Kozak
On the second anniversary of the Haiti earthquake, J-Source talked to Nick Kozak about what it was like to document the devastating aftermath as a freelance photojournalist, the business of selling photos and whether or not reporters can (or should) double as photographers.
-
How a 17 year-old fell in love with journalism
If you’ve ever doubted your career choice of becoming a journalist, check out this blog post by 17 year-old Jack Davis on The Huffington Post that describes how he fell in journalism and why he believes it is important. In it, the young man describes how he "stumbled" onto this career aspiration and why journalism's…
-
Global News re-visits viral video; Rob Leth gets ‘pwned’
Global News has posted an extended version of its 2008 news-story-turned-viral-video.