Neil Reynolds remembered
Veteran newspaper editor Neil Reynolds died Sunday. Tributes flowed in from newspapers across the country where Reynolds has worked over his long career.
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Everything journalists need to know about “Crackgate”
From the ethics of chequebook journalism to an analysis of media law, J-Source has the complete package of news and commentary on this explosive story gripping the nation.
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The universal challenge of digital news: Why working as an online journalist isn’t all that different in Canada and Ghana
Travelling to West Africa to work as a digital journalist, Global News online editor Ashley Terry expected there would be differences in how reporters get and tell stories. But what she didn't expect was to face some of the same challenges that online journalists see here in Canada.
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Opinion: Media’s latest stories on Toronto’s Mayor Ford a challenge for a court fight
Last week's stories about a man who appears to be Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking what might be crack, raises just about every journalistic issue around responsible reporting and libel that there is. Western journalism professor Paul Benedetti says the incident provides a perfect teaching example about what journalists can and cannot say to avoid…
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Sun News denies Duffy lobbied CRTC for mandatory carriage; network hires former CRTC commissioner
Sun News Network says Conservative senator Mike Duffy did not lobby the CRTC on its behalf for mandatory carriage, the National Post reported. “He’s not doing anything for us, formally or informally,” Teneycke told the Post. “I don’t know how much more explicit I can be than that.” CTV News reported on Thursday that…
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Opinion: Crackgate – Star’s rush to publish alleged Rob Ford crack-cocaine story unsatisfactory
John Gordon Miller writes the Star skirted around the edges of these editorial principles by rushing into print, without anything but a last-minute attempt to get Ford and his people to tell their side of the story.
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The Province launched crowd-funding campaign for alleged Rob Ford crack-cocaine video
Several crowd-funding campaigns have cropped up to see the now infamous video that allegedly shows Toronto mayor Rob Ford, including one by Vancouver tabloid The Province. John Gordon Miller, a former senior editor for the Toronto Star, wrote a scathing column on his blog taking to task newspaper’s editors in choosing to run the…
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Opinion: Rob Ford stole the show on a frenzied news night
Shocking news is hard to believe. Last night, there was lots of news, plenty of it shocking. The sun was setting on another day, literally, when newsrooms tore up their front pages and started from scratch, writes Nick Taylor-Vaisey.
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Opinion: The National Newspaper Awards don’t reflect journalism in the digital era
It is dinosaur thinking to consider yourself a newspaper, writes Melanie Coulson. You are a news organization, committing fantastic acts of journalism online, on tablets, on smartphones and social media. The inky print product is but one platform. The NNAs, sadly, don’t recognize this.
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The Gawker-Toronto Star cat fight about the Rob Ford “exclusive”
Last night, Gawker posted a video for sale allegedly starring Toronto mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine. The video became the subject of a frenzied discussion on Twitter, with many cautioning about libel laws. And then started the hilarious cat fight on Twitter about who got the "exclusive." Gawker appears to have forced the Toronto…