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Globe and Mail Public Editor: Does an idiom have a ‘best before’ date?

By Sylvia Stead for the Globe and Mail Our language doesn’t stay still. It adapts to a changing world, gains new terms, drops old ones and changes course when a term or phrase is widely acknowledged as hurtful and derogatory. One of those phrases appeared in the big headline on the front page of the…
Community media only needs a little to do a lot but even limited funding is disappearing, experts say

By Gregory Furgala for the Local News Conference Small-scale community news outlets can have a meaningful impact and thrive “on a shoestring,” but decreases in funding have left the sector reeling, say community news researchers. Non-profit community media in Canada, which has traditionally relied on a combination of government assistance and private investment, have seen those funds…
Here’s what the New York Times has learned covering Canada so far

By H.G. Watson, Managing Editor Outside an auditorium in the Rotman School of Management on University of Toronto’s campus, a group of young people shriek every time someone climbs up a nearby staircase or pops out of the adjacent elevator banks. They are anticipating the arrival of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who, in a few…
Banff Centre to offer inaugural investigative journalism course this fall

By H.G. Watson, Managing Editor Last fall, when Patti Sonntag was invited to an event at the Banff Centre, an arts and culture school nestled in the picturesque Alberta Rockies, she looked around and had a brainwave — she thought there should be investigative trainings there. And now, there will be. In late May, the Banff…
Media on the Move: June 8 to June 21

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Research shows that local news reporters are working harder than ever – and they’re loving it

By Gregory Furgala for the Local News Conference Across the United States, reporters and editors at local newspapers are working longer hours, in smaller newsrooms and with fewer opportunities for advancement. They’re also optimistic about the future of local news, and their futures in it, a recent study in the Columbia Journalism Review has found.…
New poll finds Canadians still think they’ll get the news even if their local newspaper disappears

By H.G. Watson, Managing Editor Canadians don’t seem too worried about our troubled local media landscape — at least according to a new poll released last Friday. In a survey released on June 16, Abacus Data, a Canadian polling and market research firm, found that 86 per cent of Canadians feel they would still get…
Muslim communities are telling new stories to break old stereotypes, say panelists

By Angela Long for the Local News Conference If you want to learn about the Muslim community, don’t read the news, says the associate editor of The Islamic Monthly. Steven Zhou, who converted to Islam six years ago, said writing about a community takes time and resources. As a result, too many publications produce “surface-level” stories fulfilling…
Postmedia axes Monday print edition of the National Post

By H.G. Watson, Managing Editor You have just one more week to pick up a Monday print edition of the National Post — and then it is gone for good. On June 19, Postmedia announced that it is eliminating the Monday print edition of the national paper, and replacing it with an online ePaper. The…
Globe and Mail Public Editor: Overuse of term ‘populism’ can be misleading

By Sylvia Stead, Globe and Mail Public Editor Here’s a word that has surged in popularity in the last year. It has been used to describe Donald Trump’s ascendancy, the majority vote on Brexit and the second-place showing of Marine Le Pen in this month’s French presidential election. I’ve seen business articles in The Globe…