The New Yorker posted a long article by Jonathan Franzen that could only be accessed on its Facebook page by hitting the “like” button. That move led to a substantial increase in the number of fans of the NY page, the Poynter Institute reports. The goal is to identify new market segments to engage them…
Here’s the lead in a story the software creators Narrative Science have released in response to a challenge by the website Deadspin. Apparently the folks at Deadspin cast some aspersions on the ability of this program to replicate real copy. “Tuesday was a great day for W. Roberts, as the junior pitcher threw a perfect…
The schedule is updated with some super sessions, speakers. You can find it here. And the earlybird deadline for registration is fast approaching.
OpenFile and Canada.com have have teamed up to produce community-driven election coverage. Readers at Canada.com can now click on the “your idea” icon to visit OpenFile and suggest election stories they feel deserve more attention from media. OpenFile then does its thing: the collaborative news site is designed to take in reader suggestions, and then…
Is there ever a time when a politician shouldn’t talk to a journalist? This question gained plenty of air space at a press conference Thursday after Liberal Party Leader Michael Ignatieff confirmed he intended to meet with controversial Sikh editor and radio host Sukhminder Singh Hansra.
At any given time in 2006, when the Canadian military formally launched its embed program, between 10 – 15 journalists were embedded and reporting in Kandahar. Same goes for 2007 and 2008. Now? There are two, and one of them, Postmedia’s Matthew Fisher, is speaking out.
It ain’t called the Twitter campaign for nothing. If anything can be concluded about last night’s debate, it’s that this election is all about social media. As The Globe and Mail reports, #db8-tagged tweets made up 1 per cent of worldwide Twitter traffic around 8 p.m. EST. “Iggy” trended worldwide. According to one digital based…
Evidence Network is the brain child of University of Manitoba prof Noralou Roos. The newly launched website is designed to provide on-call experts on health policy issues for Canadian journalists, plus a whole slew of other resources. Lauren McKeon reports.
The Toronto Standard kicked off its first publishing week by wading into one of journalism’s most of-the-moment discussions: gender bias in the media. In this case, the lack of female bylines in Canada’s opinion pages.
It may be hard to wrap your mind around, but alas it’s true: Lady Gaga is going to be a journalist. Well, at least for a day.