Postmedia’s Stephen Maher named 2016 Nieman Fellow
The Nieman Foundation has announced its class of fellows for the 2016 year, including Postmedia national columnist Stephen Maher as the Martin Goodwise Canadian Nieman Fellow.
-
-
CWA Canada releases project on media worker rights and labour reporting
Labour stories are getting lost. At least, that’s what research for the recently launched Media Works: A Labour Rights and Reporting Project has discovered.
-
Leonard Cohen’s not-so-golden years in Ian Pearson’s “Growing Old Disgracefully”
This 1993 Saturday Night profile humanizes a man often elevated to god-like status, and shows an artist who worries endlessly about his work, suffers mental breakdowns and likes to eat Cheezies.
-
Are Canadian journalists missing the real story when reporting on ISIS?
Yusur Al Bahrani considers the risks of using social media when reporting on terrorism-related stories.
-
FHRITP’s long, ugly history
In the past 48 hours, a video of a woman harassed while doing her job as a TV reporter has gone viral, a Hydro One employee has lost his job for engaging the incident and MLSE has said it will ban anyone on their facilities heard saying the obscene phrase at the centre of this…
-
Hannah James on reporting international stories from Toronto
The 16×9 producer discusses reporting on a story about Al Shabab with Toronto roots and an international reach.
-
Toronto Star’s Katie Daubs on walking the western front
How a reporter and photographer illustrated a war that’s a long time gone—on foot.
-
Tuesday Tabs: drone journalism, PTSD and National Post Radio
News about the news for the week of May 12.
-
It’s more important for journalists to be right than first online
One of the most frequent judgment calls journalists make is how much time to give someone to respond to a request for comment or information.
-
B.C. spin doctors advise how to spin their spin
What started out as a B.C. government attempt to defend its communication staff has ended up revealing the weakness of the province’s freedom-of-information law.