Depending on who you talk to, the rise of the “citizen journalist” may be heralded as democratic, engaging, educational, and authentic. Alternatively, it might be criticized for its diminished professional standards, unsustainable growth or lack of oversight. Jacky Tunistra explains how GroundWire, a national community radio program, harnesses the idea of the citizen journalist in…
Tracey Tyler, the Toronto Star’s long-time legal affairs reporter, passed away shortly before 7 a.m. today at Juravinski Hospital in Hamilton at the age of 50.
When Toronto Star reporter Peter Edwards profiled a jail guard who underwent sex reassignment surgery, Edwards struggled with more than just which pronoun to use. In this week's column, he offers a first-person account of the issues behind the copy.
Radio-Canada’s ombudsman Pierre Tourangeau says he found no evidence that Duchesne had placed himself in a conflict of interest while employed with Radio-Canada. However, Tourangeau notes that his investigation was based only off of the information known to him.
Today’s media links from Canada and beyond: Former CBC/Radio-Canada political reporter turned PQ candidate Pierre Duchesne has been cleared of bias and wants apology from Liberals, CRTC approves Shaw’s application for 24-hour Global News channel in B.C., a B.C. reporter on what readers want from journalists and an Israeli journalist is convicted of possession of…
Today’s media links from Canada and beyond: UBC journalism students’ project has led to 18 arrests in Brazil, journalism professor wins grant to explore ‘drone journalism,’ journalist and writer expresses love for long-form reads and a photojournalist who covered the Colorado shootings explains how he balances reporting with emotion. And today’s read: Colorado shooting suspect…
I heard about Toronto’s Danzig St. shooting before I’d even got out of bed on Tuesday morning. My iPhone often doubles as an alarm clock and as a result, I find myself checking email and social media feeds before my feet ever touch the floor. Lest that day be an exception, as I came across a tweet…
Are inverted pyramids, 24-word ledes and formulaic approaches to stories to be the ghosts of journalism past with the proliferation of online paywalls? Or is writing simply evolving on a new medium?
(Communiqué) ProjetJ, observatoire indépendant du journalisme et des médias, aura une nouvelle rédactrice en chef dès la semaine prochaine. Il s'agit de Stéphanie Lalut, journaliste indépendante depuis 2006.
Today’s media links from Canada and beyond: Toronto Sun columnist first Canadian to win baseball writing award, CBC Winnipeg reporter Louise Charette loses her battle with cancer at 53, CTV goes to the Olympics and a journo in Belarus is arrested for publishing press freedom teddy bears. And today’s read: the issue of pregnant women and painkiller…