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Ken Auletta addressed the digital revolution in a Q&A with IJNet. 

J-Source talked to Chris Boutet, the deputy editor of digital operations at The Globe and Mail about how newsrooms can use analytics to guide web editorial content, how some analytics tools differ from one another and how they have influenced the emerging field of digital storytelling. 

AddThis just released an infographic that gives an idea of how news and information was shared online in 2011. Facebook came out on top, accounting for over 50 per cent of sharing, up from 44 per cent last year.

The trend toward using people who tweet as legitimate sources in stories, and using stand-alone tweets as quotes, counteracts a primary function of the profession and promotes reactive reporting, says Stephanie Brooks. She looks at why this trend is problematic and how she thinks journalists should be using the social media platform to enhance their…

"We are journalists. We are proud of what we do. We are tired of bad press about the press."

How dangerous can the retweet be? The Guardian has launched an interesting interactive feature detailing how misinformation spread on Twitter during the London riots this summer. 

Take a look at the map and let CJR know your favourite place to get together with fellow journalists to celebrate filing a big story or drown your sorrows when a bad interview leaves you questioning humanity. 

Is experience a commodity that can be bought and sold? What are the concerns if young people start having to pay for their internships?

NewsWatch Canada recently released its list of the top 25 underreported stories of the past year. J-Source’s Belinda Alzner spoke with the researchers about what types of stories aren’t covered the way they should be, why that is and how journalists and the public can do better.

HuffPo Canada has named their top five "news losers" of 2011 and the results don't yield too much of a surprise.