• The launch of The Conversation Canada is an opportunity to contribute to the quality of explanatory journalism in this country. Screenshot by J-Source.

    It’s time to start The Conversation in Canada

    By Mary-Lynn Young and Alfred Hermida for The Conversation Canada The launch of The Conversation Canada is an opportunity to contribute to the quality of explanatory journalism in this country — and the promise such journalism holds for democratic engagement, informed policy and media innovation. It brings academics and experienced journalists together to share timely analysis and…
  • Canadian news consumers have embraced mobile devices and social media for their fix, but still view traditional outlets as the most trustworthy source. Photo courtesy of Michelle-Andrea Girouard.

    Traditional media still most trusted

    By Colette Brin and Sébastien Charlton Social media and mobile phones have become preferred options for news consumption among a growing number of users. However, in Canada, as in other countries among the 36 surveyed for the 2017 Reuters Institute Digital News Report, it appears that most people still consider traditional media or their brands the most trustworthy sources.…
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    S’informer en ligne: pratiques mobiles, valeurs traditionnelles

    Colette Brin, Sébastien Charlton Les médias sociaux et les appareils mobiles s’imposent de plus en plus comme outils privilégiés pour s’informer en ligne. Toutefois, au Canada, comme dans plusieurs des 36 pays étudiés pour l’édition 2017 du Digital News Report, une étude du Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism publiée aujourd’hui, les supports traditionnels ou…
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    The future of ProjetJ

    By Christopher Waddell, Publisher We regret to announce that J-Source’s companion publication ProjetJ suspended publication in early May due to a shortfall in funding. Like J-Source, ProjetJ began in 2007 as a collaborative venture initially under the Canadian Journalism Foundation led by journalism faculty at Université Laval, the University of Ottawa and the Université du…
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    CBC Ombudsman: The “f” word — A threshold for its use in news

    By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman The complainant, Curtis Hopkins, thought swearing on an online video of an eyewitness recording of a bus billowing smoke was in violation of policy. The video was a powerful account of a breaking news story, although the swearing was not critical to the understanding of the story. Since the crew…

  • The closure of the Star Touch app will impact 30 staff total, all who worked on Star Touch. Image courtesy of the Toronto Star.

    The Toronto Star is closing the Star Touch tablet app

    By H.G. Watson, Managing Editor The bell has tolled for the Toronto Star’s tablet app. On June 26, 2017, John Boynton, president and CEO of Torstar and publisher of the Toronto Star, announced in a newsroom memo that Star Touch will be replaced by a universal smartphone and tablet app as of Aug. 1, 2017.…
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    Memo: Toronto Star editor Michael Cooke on Star Touch closure

    The following memo was sent to Toronto Star staff on June 26, 2017 from Michael Cooke, editor. By now you will have read CEO+Publisher John Boynton’s email. The news that our tablet product will cease operation in a few weeks is terrible. There’s no way to spoon honey on to that. We tried something big…