Canadian Association of Journalist 2011 Round-up
Couldn’t make it to the CAJ conference in Ottawa from May 13-15? We did. Read on for a round-up from some of our favourite sessions, and some great quotes from the weekend’s keynote speakers.
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Lawrence Martin asks: Has the fourth estate lost its tenacity?
In today’s Globe and Mail, columnist Lawrence Martin asks a worthy question: have we lost our tenacity?
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Atlantic decides to keep experiment in “radical transparency”
On Wednesday, the online publishing arm of the Atlantic, dubbed the Atlantic Wire, decided to open its online editing process to the public. At first they thought it would be a one-day-only experiment; now it could become a permanent feature.
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Ah, yes, the good old days
I confess; reading this article brought tears to my eyes. Which, I suppose makes me a definite journalistic dinosaur, but let me share with you just one paragraph about Charles Kuralt and maybe you’ll read the whole thing and, if your career harkens back to those “good old days,” you might smile at the memories:…
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Can J-profs still do the work?
An editor in Australia is pursuing a unique concept for online journalism. He’s hired working journalists as editors but academics as reporters. Andrew Jaspan said he believes this will bring a ““a fact-based and editorially-independent forum” that will “unlock the knowledge and expertise of researchers and academics to provide the public with clarity and insight…
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Life after 30
Ever wonder what happened to John Temple, editor of the Rocky Mountain News when it folded? He found a second life online and, in this Columbia Journalism Review article, talks about doing more with less — way less.
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How Google search gave rise to content farms: new story in Maisonneuve
What does the all-powerful Google search, and it algorithm, have in common with online content farms and machine-driven content? And what could it all mean for journalism and journalists? Read “Age of the Algorithm”, by Ira Basen, in this month’s Maisonneuve magazine.
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Journalism as a war crime
Found an interesting article in The Atlantic by a Nairobi-based journalist about the case of radio journalist Joshua arap Sang, who has been accused of using his craft to incite mass violence in 2007.He’s one of six being looked at in a probe of violence following an election, which resulted in more than 1,200 Kenyans.…
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“We need to know, and see, how Ashley Smith died”: Globe editorial
On May 24,coroner Bonnie Porter will hold a full hearing into what kind of access, if any, the press can have to the exhibits shown at the Ashley Smith inquest.
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Sports Journalism and the double X factor
When it comes to sports journalism, there aren’t too many female faces — especially amongst sportscasters. Paige Ellis asks why there aren’t more women in the biz. Is the environment just too hostile?