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Online video journalism: 10 common mistakes

UK film maker and new media journalism Adam Westbrook has some advice for online video journalists: don't make your film boring, technically poor, and amateurish.
Has the ethics committee given Quebecor a bully pulpit?

The Canadian Media Guild certainly thinks so. In a recent release, the Guild, which counts CBC and six other media organizations as its members, accused the parliamentary ethics committee of giving Sun…
Ad Age asks top U.S. media folk: Got hope?

Earlier this month, Ad Age asked top media editors, owners, and thinkers in the U.S. why we should be hopeful for the industry. Chris Anderson, David Remnick, Emily Bell and others answered,…
Redefining Radio

What is the future of radio? That was the question asked at a HOMAD conference of college educators, students, and radio professionals. The upshot: radio is alive and kicking. What needs to…
A newspaper with a revenge plot?

A journalism student at the University of Tennessee has started a seemingly vindictive newspaper after his ex-wife married her professor.
Steve Jobs may not have saved journalism, but he sure changed it

Since Steve Jobs’ death, journalists all over the world have been reflecting on the creative genius and how he changed the world of technology. Turns out, the Apple co-founder affected the journalism…
“It’s beyond just any broadcast”

Canada's Indo-Canadian population is fuming over CBC's quiet cancellation of the Punjabi-language broadcast of Hockey Night in Canada. Ishani Nath on the controversy, the fight, and the whys behind the show's overwhelming…
Is the newscaster celebrity undermining journalism’s credibility?: Vancouver Sun

What happens when serious journalists moonlight as celebrities? And what does it mean for the industry's credibility? These questions are at the heart of a recent Postmedia feature by Misty Harris published…
Crime reporting in the age of victim’s rights: interview with Carrie Rentschler

In Second Wounds, media scholar Carrie Rentschler traces the emergence of victim advocacy in the U.S. from the sixties until the present. Rentschler also explores the relationship the victim’s rights movement and the…
BC Business does lunch with Patricia Graham

BC Business writer Lucy Hyslop recently sat down with Vancouver Sun editor Patricia Graham to discuss the challenges of bringing newspapers into the digital age.