Journalism teachers: attribution is vital for course slides, too
This is a cautionary tale about how my course slides, meant for student eyes only, can end up for sale online.
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Media on the move: June 2015
Here’s our regular update on the moves, hires and promotions in Canadian journalism for the first half of June.
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Coming to a screen near you: 27 cent-per-story journalism?
Some lessons learned from last month’s newspapers Canada Conference in Toronto.
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Document Disposal Act a slippery slope when it comes to FOI
Under the Act, government employees are allowed to delete transitory records—but the definition of what constitutes such a record can seem ambiguous.
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On profiling Bruce Arthur and Cathal Kelly for the Ryerson Review of Journalism
“Interviewing and meeting some of the writers and reporters I spent growing up reading was a privilege. I had to be critical but fair; opinionated but balanced.”
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Tuesday Tabs: two new Sun editors, U.S. libel law and the Nunatsiaq News
News about the news for the week of June 2.
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Cryptozoology, obsession and loneliness in “On the trail of ignored beasts”
Suzannah Showler’s Maisonneueve feature profiles the lives of people obsessed with the study of hidden animals, from Sasquatch to the Chupacabra.
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Some lessons learned at the 2015 Open Data Summit
In this era of information abundance, journalists should now be keeping spreadsheets, not just notes.
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Live Q&A: Resume Bootcamp with Julie Carl and Kim Fox
Join us as we talk with Julie Carl of the Toronto Star and Kim Fox of CBS about journalist resumes and portfolios, as well as interview tips and how to get that great internship you’ve been dreaming of.
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5 journalists debunk myths about data reporting
Think you need to be a math genius or coding savant to produce compelling data stories? Think again.