Journalism’s struggle with infographics: The facts and figures behind omnipresent images
Infographics are in high demand, so why are newsrooms slow to follow? Katrina Pyne reports on the financial and editorial challenges of producing infographics.
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Honour among thieves: Putting the story before your ego
What's more important: exclusivity or a great story? A new model of cooperative journalism being developed at the Toronto Star is helping to break news, and the traditional practice of keeping information from competitors. Here in J-source, Star investigative reporter Robert Cribb explains how sharing resources led to better journalism in a series on underage Cuban sex…
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Le terrain reste précaire pour les journalistes en milieu minoritaire
Le quotidien Le Droit fêtait son 100e anniversaire le 27 mars. Dans la foulée des célébrations, le Centre de recherche en civilisation canadienne-française (CRCCF) de l’Université d’Ottawa a décidé de traiter de la situation du journalisme francophone en milieu minoritaire lors de son colloque annuel.
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City integrity commissioner sides with Rob Ford in dispute against Toronto Star
The Integrity Commissioner writes that while “there is no question that there was evidence of differential treatment towards reporters for the Toronto Star,” there was no breach of conduct on the part of Mayor Rob Ford.
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J-Source live blogged “Notes From A Changing China,” a talk by Globe And Mail’s Mark MacKinnon
Melanie Coulson live blogged "Notes From A Changing China," a talk by Globe And Mail's Mark MacKinnon.
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Portage Daily Graphic will no longer print daily: Sun Media announces
Manitoba-based newspaper Portage Daily Graphic is moving from a daily to a weekly publication. The Sun Media newspaper will begin distributing its weekly print edition, The Graphic, starting next week on Tuesdays while maintaining daily online operations.
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Yukon News wins five Community Newspaper Awards; Ubyssey leads in campus paper categories
The Yukon News won five first-place awards in its circulation category at the 2013 Canadian Community Newspaper Awards, while Ubyssey, the UBC student publication, swept all four first-place awards in the campus newspaper division. Newspapers Canada announced the awards for 33 unique categories on Thursday. This year’s first-place winners will be recognized at a special…
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Nanaimo Daily News apologizes for running ‘racist’ letter to the editor
The publication sparked an online protest against the newspaper and the writer Don Olsen, and the mayor of Nanaimo joined about 100 people protesting outside the offices of the Nanaimo Daily News on Vancouver Island. The B.C. Press Council said it received more than 100 complaints about the letter by Thursday evening.
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NDP drops price for media to join B.C. leader’s election tour
The NDP have dropped their price from the $5,000 to $1,500 for journalists accompanying party leader Adrian Dix during the B.C. election campaign.
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Storify launches new paid model for media outlets
The Storify VIP program has new features such as real-time updates and full customization for embedding.