Samantha Lui was the only Canadian at the prestigious four day Poynter workshop. Here’s what she learned. Continue Reading Poynter’s Minority Writers’ Workshop reminded me that my voice and perspective matter
This year’s Media Democracy Day in Vancouver looks for answers in a range of experiments. Continue Reading What do we mean when we say ‘Solutions Media’?
To say every picture is worth a thousand words sorely underestimates the impact of photojournalism. Think the Vietnam war and what comes to mind? The photo of a girl named Phan Thi Kim Phuc running from a napalm airstrike. The photo was taken by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut in 1972. Think of the protest…
Headline presented Alex Trebek’s feelings for big winner as fact, when it was actually the columnist’s own view. Continue Reading Toronto Star Public Editor: Jeopardy! headline a case study on need to clearly label opinion content
You widen the potential of attracting more eyeballs by having more than one anchor. Continue Reading The new National: Are four TV anchors four times as good as one?
A recent National Post column by Christie Blatchford illustrates what not to do when telling stories about transgender people. Continue Reading What journalists get wrong when telling stories about trans and genderqueer people
It might be time to reframe the focus to what pageviews do tell us. Continue Reading Stop saying pageviews don’t matter
Winnipeg Free Press publisher Bob Cox says there is no place where a truly competitive media market exists in Canada. Continue Reading Government should not be picking winners and losers in the media world
The complainant, Dieter Buse, objected to a Viewpoint segment by Robyn Urback, calling into question Canada’s desire for a seat on the UN security council. He thought it was a one-sided diatribe. It presented a single point of view. It was clearly labelled as Opinion and was not obliged to present other perspectives. There was…
‘As mishaps of misinformation and disasters of disinformation spread through the digital ecosystem, determining who you can trust for news and verified information is more important than ever.’ Continue Reading Toronto Star Public Editor: Who can you really trust for news?