Category / Commentary
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Storify launches new paid model for media outlets
The Storify VIP program has new features such as real-time updates and full customization for embedding.
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Ontario’s sunshine list: Where is the money in journalism?
J-Source combed through the Ontario Sunshine list to see if any journalist or those in a related field make salaries above $100,000. Steve Paikin, the host of TVO's The Agenda, tops the list with…
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The challenges of bringing diversity into a newsroom: SAJA panel examines how South Asian stories are covered in Canada
Who does the reporting and does ethnic background make a difference in reporting style when reporting on South Asian stories? These are some of the questions explored at the South Asian Journalists…
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Ford calls Toronto Star staff ‘pathological liars’
The Toronto Star headlined Tuesday with a story of an "intoxicated" Mayor Rob Ford being asked to leave a gala event. Mayor Ford then accused The Star of continuing its vendetta against him, and called its…
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Q&A with Tom Gierasimczuk, editor-in-chief of newly revamped BCBusiness
BCBusiness has completely revamped itself from a traditional magazine to online site with the launch of a redesigned print edition in March and new website. The magazine also offers a daily newsletter and…
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Recap: SAJA Talk: How are South Asian Stories covered in the Newsroom
It’s 2013. Visible minorities are 50% of the GTA population. What impact has this had in the coverage of stories that fall outside what is considered "the mainstream?" Are the shootings at…
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Too revealing? The controversy over the Globe and Mail’s A1 photo of a figure skater
The Globe and Mail Monday A1 photo, which showed 17-year-old Kaetlyn Osmond lifting her leg in a revealing crotch shot position, sparked outrage amongst readers. J-Source has a round-up of the reaction…
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Journalism cutbacks are driving audiences away: Pew State of Media report
About 61 per cent of Americans remain unaware of the financial struggles that have led to cutbacks in newsroom, the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism. But that doesn’t mean they’re…
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Future of Media: Branded content?
Digital Journal put together a Future of Media panel on branded content and its role in the newsroom. Here is J-Source's round-up of #FOM2013 from March 14.
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Gallery: Global Maritimes opens new studio in Halifax
Check out the photo gallery of Global Maritimes new studio