Pressfolios, an online portfolio platform with headquarters in Washington D.C., recently relaunched with some new features. Free accounts can add up to 12 stories with the text backed up on the server along with the ability to upload PDFs. Other features are available to “pro” accounts that cost $12 a month. Co-founder Marc Samson spoke…
CBC Calgary will be home to the first Canadian television newscast anchored by a married couple. CTV B.C. anchor and senior reporter Rob Brown and CBC News Vancouver anchor Rosa Marchitelli will move to Calgary — Marchitelli’s hometown — to anchor the six o’clock news this fall.
Newsana bills itself as a way of elevating the public's conversation around news, whether it is politics, sports, entertainment, technology or whatever interests people. Ben Peterson, CEO of Newsana and Will Koblensky, a Newsana community intern, provide an inside view of what this unique project is about and how this Toronto-based project fits into the…
Selon les chiffres de Service Canada, environ 15% des journalistes travaillent à la pige. Que ce soit par choix ou en attendant un poste permanent, il n’est pas tous les jours facile de trouver la motivation nécessaire pour se mettre au travail de manière autonome. Le petit manuel du travail autonome – conseils et témoignages…
With new and emerging technology being updated constantly, it is hard to remember what it was like when the internet invaded Canadian newsrooms around 20 years ago. David Cadogan remembers. His reflections during those pioneering days are captured in this personal essay. As a lifelong newspaper man, he owned several award-winning papers in the Miramachi…
"One of the most popular ways many content publishers are incorporating real-time content into their production schedule is by hosting live chats with experts, celebrities and other notable guests. But how do you keep your content and topics fresh, consistently land awesome guests and cultivate the community you need? Panelists will share their tips…
The situation in Canada has reached the point where it needs to be said loudly and clearly: there is no law against public photography in Canada; no one here can ever be arrested for the simple act of making a picture or film, unless other laws are being broken in the process; and police officers…
Le quotidien de la rue Saint-Jacques a mis fin aux contrats de huit surnuméraires la semaine dernière, un neuvième ayant démissionné de lui-même. Des coupures qui ne seraient pas imputables à un manque de performance du plan Ipad, mais plutôt au fait que la nouvelle organisation du travail commence à prendre son rythme de croisière.
If you want to raise money for a video journalism project, you could look to crowdsourcing platforms such as Indiegogo or Kickstarter, or, the newest platform: Vourno. It allows journalists to raise money for video news stories. It also wants to become an independent news network for video journalism. Founder Joseph Verdirame gave J-Source a…
Gary Mason's articles have helped to prevent mayoral candidates from getting elected, exposed controversial deals with the provincial government and uncovered secret negotiations. Cara McKenna examined The Globe and Mail's Western Canada columnist's career and some of the controversies along the way, in an article from the Langara Journalism Review.