A recent report published by The Open Society Foundations gives an overview of how Canadian media are faring in the digital landscape, including the impact digitization has had on journalists and newsrooms.
Al Jazeera English Egypt producer Mohamed Fahmy has been arbitrarily detained since December 29, 2013, along with his colleagues Peter Greste and Baher Mohamed. The letter below was smuggled out of Tora prison by Fahmy’s brothers to mark World Press Freedom Day (May 3). It also coincides with Fahmy being awarded the 2014 Canadian Committee for…
In this Toronto Star video series on photojournalism, photographer Randy Risling shares his wisdom on how to add movement to your camera, in order to make your videos more interesting.
Demain, comme chaque année le 3 mai, toute la planète célèbrera la journée mondiale de la liberté de la presse. L’occasion de se souvenir des journalistes emprisonnés, otages, et même morts dans l’exercice de leur fonction. L’occasion de rappeler le rôle primordial que jouent les médias dans l’exercice de la démocratie. L’occasion également de réfléchir…
The Globe and Mail’s new editor-in-chief, David Walmsley, said the newspaper purchased the photos from a self-admitted drug dealer because “there was a requirement for us to be able to prove our journalism.”
The Globe and Mail's public editor Sylvia Stead says the newspaper did something unprecedented–paying a source $10,000 for a series of photographs showing Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking what was described by a drug dealer as crack cocaine.
Mike Therien, regional content director for the eastern region of Sun Media Group, has left the company.
Fahmy and three other Al Jazeera journalists have been held in Egypt’s notorious Tora prison since Dec. 29 after reporting on Muslim Brotherhood activities.
CBC ombudsman Esther Enkin said Michael Enright, host of The Sunday Edition, overstated the conclusion of a study when he said second-hand smoke does not cause lung cancer.
Encore un nouveau magazine au Québec, mais cette fois dans les kiosques. Muses a débarqué ce matin sur les étals et se veut, selon sa fondatrice Josianne Massé, «le porte-étendard d’une génération médiatiquement perdue, celle des 20-45 ans, qui ne se reconnait pas nécessairement dans ce que publient en général les féminins aujourd’hui.»