At least one Canadian news organization has a new policy moderating how its journalists interact (or don’t) on online comment sections. But what about news readers? Racist, classist and sexist remarks are increasingly dominating spaces once intended to foster discussion and communication amongst fellow readers — never mind the nasty remarks made about reporters. Is…
We at J-Source are always on the look-out for new and interesting ways of covering big stories and events. Thanks to the increasing social media storm surrounding the so-crowned Twitter election, we’ve found plenty of neat stuff. Last week, we talked to David Skok over at Globalnews.ca about his site’s debate video/Twitter analyzer mash-up. This…
With less than five hours left until launch time, Sun Media’s David Akin is none too happy about some of the coverage surrounding this evening’s Sun News Network debut. Considering both Akin’s involvement in the network and the fact that many news organizations have gleefully repeated Sun TV criticisms, this is, perhaps, not very surprising.…
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…
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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…