There's a good chance you didn't make it to the Screen Futures conference in Australia, but UBC journalism prof Alfred Hermida did. After all, the conference featured a talk based on his new co-authored book, Participatory Journalism: Guarding Open Gates at Online Newspapers. Now, he's offering a write-up of the talk's main points on his…
In 2008, the Toronto Star published an article online about a Toronto man who was charged with the sexual assault of a pre-teen girl. More than a year later, the charges were dropped. "Now, not surprisingly," writes Toronto Star public editor Kathy English, "The man wants the news of his arrest to disappear from the…
Poynter has gathered front page treatments from papers across the globe of the Oslo, Norway attacks. In Canada, the Toronto Sun and National Post both made the list. As Poynter notes, many papers from around the world showed a photo of the 32-year-old Norwegian man police say confessed to the killings; other papers ignored the attacks entirely.…
After 40 years with the New York Post, the man who penned the famous headline "Headless Body in Topless Bar" has retired.
To all those quiet leaders out there, Poynter's Tom Huang has some simple words: It's OK. In fact, it's great. A quiet leader himself, Huang believe introverts can offer as much to the newsroom as their extrovert colleagues. Check out the whole article at Poynter for some tips on how to strengthen skills while staying…
In today's Globe and Mail, Judith Timson asks whether the News Corp. women — Rebekah Brooks and Wendi Deng Murdoch — are getting fair coverage from the media, or if they're surrounded by a bunch of negative stereotypes.
Know someone who needs a round-up on the News of the World hacking story? Just want a pick-me-up? Either way, check this video out for a laugh: Jon Stewart and Englishman John Oliver cover the scandal as only they can: [node:ad]
During the recent Canada Post strike, corporate and public media lacked fair, critical and accurate coverage, writes Kaley Kennedy in the independent publication The Dominion
Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan lashed out against –what he called — the "right-wing media" yesterday, accusing them of duping people into believing Ontario is a have-not province.
The community-powered news site is growing — and fast. We talk to OpenFile's CEO Wilf Dinnick about a busy summer, the quest to commercialize, and blowing out the one-year birthday candles.