Photos do tell the truth, but not always the entire truth or the circumstances leading up to that photographed moment. That’s why photojournalists and editors have an obligation to contextualize photos better, writes Mount Royal University journalism student Jesse Yardley.
Humber College is hiring a professor of journalism as well as several other positions.
The complainant, Senator Donald Plett, felt the information about his travel expenses and those of his wife were misrepresented online and on television. But CBC ombudsman Esther Enkin says the subject was reported fairly.
A tweet was sent out from The Globe and Mail’s account promoting an excellent and original on a scenario for what might have happened to the missing Malaysian plane. The tweet attracted criticism from some who complained that it intruded on the grief of the woman pictured and others who objected to the connection between the photo and the…
When the Toronto Star printed the Ontario Press Council decision against the newspaper, we messed up by not indicating the report was written by the press council, writes public editor Kathy English.
Veteran weekend news anchor Kimothy Walker has left CTV News Ottawa after 25 years with the station. In her final broadcast on March 28, Walker said she wants to focus more on documentary filmmaking, fundraising and volunteering.
Getting a job has always required hustle, grit and persistence. Guarantees? Are you kidding me? There are none. But in the last two decades, more businesses have been turning up the dial on unpaid labour. For most of us, we were either too busy and ambitious to notice what was happening (after all, we got…
La période des impôts bat son plein… ce qui, pour une part de plus en plus grande des journalistes, à savoir ceux qui travaillent à la pige, peut vite tourner au véritable casse-tête. Et ce, même pour qui a décidé de s’en remettre au professionnalisme d’un comptable. Comment s’en sortir sans s’arracher les cheveux? ProjetJ…
When Kamloops Daily News shut down in January, there was the usual shock and disappointment in the B.C. city where it published. And yet, the failing of one community newspaper meant that its competitor, Kamloops This Week, has decided to expand in a big way. KTW associate editor Dale Bass reflects on her newspaper’s growth.…
In this Toronto Star video series on photojournalism, photographer Lucas Oleniuk jumps into the Prime VS Zoom debate by explaining why his lens kit consists of (almost) all prime lenses.