Canadian startup Media Spot Me launches; helps journalists find experts
A Waterloo-based startup Media Spot Me says it can help journalists find reliable sources and experts faster.
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Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom accepting award applications
The Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom is accepting nominations for a journalist who made a significant contribution to promoting free speech.
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CJFE Online Q&A: Digital Privacy and free expression
How does your right to privacy impact your right to free expression? What kinds of difficult decisions do journalists face in deciding what private information to hyperlink to, or publish? Join the CJFE Q&A and have your questions answered live by panelists Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario; Wilf Dinnick, Founding Editor and CEO…
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Layoffs, outsourcing and a byline strike: A roundup of news from the Toronto Star
This week, at Canada's largest-circulation daily newspaper: Layoffs; the possibility of print production and the young-journo developing radio room being contracted out; a reporters' byline strike; and a more definitive timeline on the impending paywall. Belinda Alzner rounds up this week in news at the Toronto Star.
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The Last Post Files: Fighting subversion or protecting the government from embarrassment?
The Last Post was one of the best alternative publications of the 1970s. While the small team of journalists was creating solid investigative journalism, the RCMP Security Service was keeping a close watch, recently-released documents show. One of the Service's aims? Protect the government from embarrassment. Toronto writer Paul Weinberg has this exclusive story for…
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Greatest Hits: Canadian journalists share scanner stories
News of the possible closure of the Star's radio room program sparked a slew of memories for Canadian journalists, many of whom spent countless hours with one ear on the scanner. Steve Ladurantaye rounded up some of their best stories.
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Parenting columnist leaves Toronto Star over disagreement on freelance contract rights
Douglas says in a post on The Story Board the “highly objectionable” freelance writing agreement states The Star can licence her freelance content to third party users without further compensation to her.
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Blaming Twitter for real-time reporting errors ‘too simplistic’: Kathy English
Toronto Star public editor Kathy English tackles the notion that Twitter is to blame for errors made in real-time reporting. Laying such fault on a medium is “too simplistic,” she writes.
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Leonard Asper speaks about the demise of Canwest
On Thursday, Leonard Asper, CEO of the now-defunct Canwest, stopped by the Winnipeg Free Press News Cafe to talk about the end of the company.
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10 buzzworthy announcements and pronouncements from Social Media Weekend 2013
Shauna Rempel's list of the recent, the new and the notable that came out of the third annual Social Media Weekend conference at Columbia University. Plus, a few industry predictions.