Media on the move: April 2015
Our regular update on the moves, hires and promotions in Canadian journalism for the beginning of April.
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The Canadian Club of Toronto in conversation with David Walmsley
What is the definition of journalism and what is the natural habitat for it? David Walmsley, the Globe & Mail’s Editor-in-Chief, addresses questions on journalism in the 21 century.
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The sounds of silence: Postmedia buys Sun Newspaper chain and no one heard a thing
If a newspaper chain falls in the media forest, will anyone hear it?
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Three things I learned from the CBC’s Doc Project
Notes from an intensive workshop on the art of the radio documentary.
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Memo: National Post drops honorifics in house style
“Effective immediately (Wednesday’s paper) we are doing away with honorifics in all print pages of the Post.”
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The Freedom to Jest: Protecting Our Democratic Right to Parody and Satire
Defamation, a cause of action intended to protect our reputations, is a weapon politicians and large corporations can and have used to stifle political dissent.
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How stats and hiring strategies can help address newsroom diversity
Addressing diversity in Canadian journalism is complicated—at least in part because statistics and the policies informed by them are often the exception and not the rule.
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In “Both Sides of the Street,” Ian Brown finds a microcosm of a changing city
What might have been a short article about the casualties of gentrification becomes a feature on class, family, isolation and belonging.
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This week in Canadian media history: The Massey Commission was appointed
The Commission resulted in the founding of the National Library of Canada and the Canada Council for the Arts.
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LIVE BLOG: Personal branding in the digital age
How do you maintain a distinct voice when working for different outlets?