Former Toronto Sun editorial page editor Rob Granatstein laments Sun Media’s 500 job cuts, saying they have “crushed local newsrooms.” The Sun, he argues, seems to be “ceding any advantage” it had as a local newspaper to its competitors.
Once Rich Lam's photo of a couple during the Stanley Cup riots in Vancouver in 2011 went viral, its authenticity was questioned. Lam discusses the impact unethical photographers and editors can have on photojournalism as a whole.
In a rare act of freelancer solidarity, six writers for OpenFile Montreal signed their names to a public letter, calling on the start-up to pay them. As Rhiannon Russell finds, that hasn’t happened yet, but for now they’re happy with regular updates from OpenFile CEO Wilf Dinnick.
On Nov. 13, a group of election coverage experts gathered in Toronto to discuss how media coverage affects election results. Eric Mark Do attended and recaps here the highlights of the evening.
Last week, CTV British Columbia fired vice-president and general manager Tom Haberstroh and news director Margo Harper. He had worked for the company for 31 years; she for 12. Rhiannon Russell reports.
ProjetJ, en collaboration avec le Trente, vous présente quelques compte-rendus des ateliers présentés au congrès 2012 de la FPJQ. Les tensions linguistiques ont ressurgi au Québec au terme de l'élection provinciale du 4 septembre. Qu'en est-il de la dualité entre la presse anglophone et francophone. Deux mondes, deux façons de voir, Michel-C Auger, de Radio-Canada…
Le journaliste du Journal de Montréal, Michaël Nguyen, a été honoré cette fin de semaine par la FPJQ, qui lui a attribué la bourse Arthur-Prévost 2012. Il s’agit d’une bourse de 2000$, décernée à un journaliste prometteur de la relève.
ProjetJ, en collaboration avec le Trente, vous présente quelques compte-rendus des ateliers présentés au congrès 2012 de la FPJQ. Quand les journalistes se rendent en région ou dans des villes normalement peu couvertes, doivent-ils être particulièrement attentifs à ménager les susceptibilités locales?
For journalists in particular, understanding the impact of what we say and do on the Internet is now an essential skill. But is it even possible to predict reaction to an offhand comment or in-depth story, or determine how much of an event is reflected in the social media swarm that takes over stories like…
The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada offers up to three fellowships to Canadian journalists to deepen their understanding of Asia's relationship with Canada.