New ways of transmitting information that results in reports being spread at unprecedented speeds invariably leads to issues in verification: Sounds like a statement about 21st century social media and journalism, right? Wrong. Well, at least in in this case. Here, I’m talking about how the story of the Titanic’s iceberg-striking ultimate fate broke, developed and spread.
Le photographe Martin Chamberland et le journaliste Philippe Teisceira-Lessard, tous deux de La Presse, ont été arrêtés ce matin alors qu'ils couvraient l'intrusion d'étudiants dans le bureau de circonscription de la ministre de l'Éducation, Line Beauchamp. Conduits au poste, ils ont finalement été relâchés, mais la communauté journalistique est sous le choc.
Par Pierre Karl Péladeau En matière de presse hebdomadaire, d’impression et de distribution, comme dans toutes choses, la concurrence amène tous les acteurs du marché à se dépasser pour mieux répondre aux besoins des consommateurs. Dans ce cas-ci, nous n’avons aucun doute que les lecteurs et les annonceurs sont mieux servis en ayant plus de…
TechRaking 2012, a conference surrounding the future of news and technology, took place at the Googleplex in California yesterday. As the Nieman Lab of Journalism reports, kicking off the conference was Google’s head of news products, Richard Gingras, who spoke about eight things that should be thought about as we move into the future of journalism.
Après plus de deux mois de conflit, un tiers des étudiants québécois battent toujours le pavé contre la hausse des droits des scolarités. À leurs trousses, les journalistes suivent le mouvement pas à pas, scrutant chaque manifestation, chaque coup d'éclat, chaque assemblée générale. Si bien que les étudiants ont réussi à déclasser les joueurs du…
The Canadian Press Atlantic bureau is seeking a summer intern, scheduled to start June 11.
Postmedia Network has reported its second quarter results for a net loss of over $11 million, and revenue that sits 7.6 per cent below where it did in the same period last year.
It’s been a tumultuous week for the CBC — 650 jobs will be lost, services and programming will be cut, RCI will be no more save for the web. But as Belinda Alzner reports, this isn’t a first for the public broadcaster. It’s time for CBC to deal with the cuts it faces, and there is no…
Spring is here, and so are Canada’s journalism conferences. Here is a roundup of some of the more promising conferences for journalism researchers.
A national discussion on journalism policy is needed now for two reasons: The Bell purchase of Astral, and the recently announced cuts to the CBC. As Christine Crowther, lead coordinator of the Journalism Strategies Conference explains, media concentration and cuts to public broadcasting are not new. That’s precisely the problem. Both are well-known and much-discussed…