The following is a transcript of CBC Radio One The Current's acceptance speech at the Canadian Journalism Foundation 15th annual awards gala. The Current is the winner of the 2012 Excellence in Journalism Award in the large/national media category.
Today’s media links from Canada and beyond: UBC journalism students team up with the New York Times, Craig Silverman spots an error in oil spill photo and a young Afghan woman’s broadcast career. And today’s read: second Eaton Centre shooting victim died in hospital yesterday.
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) will present “I Write What I Think: A Conversation with Heather Mallick” at 8:00 p.m. on June 20, following its annual general meeting at Massey College. Mallick, a staff columnist for the Toronto Star, has worked as a reporter, copy editor and book review editor at various print newspapers.
There are few things easier for a music journalist than writing something about how much Nickleback sucks and why the Canadian arena rockers are ruining music as we know it.
Samedi, Pierre Foglia signait dans La Presse une chronique à la défense de son journal et de ses collègues. Le chroniqueur vedette a tenté de balayer les très nombreuses critiques dirigées contre le quotidien du groupe Power Corporation depuis le début de la grève étudiante. Mais les détracteurs du journal refusent d'avaler la pilule.
Spring convocation season is well underway, and a number of journalists have received or will be receiving honorary degrees from universities across Canada for their contributions to the industry
Today’s media links from Canada and beyond: Are gore sites frontline journalism? The Spec’s answer to criticism, Trent’s new j-school and soccer match coverage gets expensive. And today’s read: The National Post’s series on Canada’s court system.
Breaking news happens when it happens; it doesn't wait for newsrooms to organize their staff, change their layout and wait for another story to finish. So how did two Toronto newsrooms manage their coverage of two big stories last weekend in Union Station flooding and the Eaton Centre shooting? Angelina Irinici found out.
Journalists who also pen books will be interested to know that the Literary Press Group, which provides sales support for 47 indepedent Canadian publishers, has suffered an abrupt and unexpected end to its Heritage Canada funding. Below is the LPG's statement on the cut, which the group says will result in the layoff of all…
Bien que majoritaires dans les écoles de journalisme, les femmes sont rares au sommet de la hiérarchie médiatique. Elles semblent engluées au «plancher collant», pour reprendre l'expression de l'ex-ministre Monique Jérôme-Forget. Pourquoi? Absence de réseautage et de mentorat sont souvent évoqués, mais il y a quelque chose de plus profond.