Ryan Pyle is a Canadian photographer living in China. Despite his photos regularly appearing in some of the most well-known English-language publications, he doesn't like to call himself a photojournalist. J-Source's Rhiannon Russell spoke with Pyle about this distinction, how he balances journalistic standards when shooting for news and what it's like working in China.
J-Source's Belinda Alzner and Rhiannon Russell spent Mar. 8 and 9 liveblogging and tweeting from a conference discussing the status of press freedom in Canada, hosted by Ryerson University's Journalism Research Centre in partnership with the Law Research Centre.
Linden MacIntyre calls it courthouse culture, but it’s not limited to courthouses. It’s the kind of thinking that 30 years ago led a court clerk in Nova Scotia, when MacIntyre asked to see the affidavits supporting a search warrant, to say no.MacIntyre fought that "no" all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada and…
Three panellists offered three quite different perspectives on Canadian press freedom in the second session of Ryerson University’s conference on press freedom Thursday morning. The session, entitled You can’t say that! Press freedom and expression of opinion, featured two newspaper columnists and one former theatre critic.
The National Newspaper Awards unveiled the list of finalists today. Here's a quick tally of the number of nominations: Globe and Mail-24; Toronto Star-9; Waterloo Region Record-5; La Presse-4; Winnipeg Free Press-3; Canadian Press, Edmonton Journal, Halifax Chronicle-Herald, London Free Press, Postmedia News, and Reuters- 2 each. [node:ad] The winners will be announced in Toronto…
À l'occasion du 8 mars, la journée internationale des femmes, ProjetJ a compilé les données disponibles sur la place des femmes en journalisme ici et ailleurs. Partout, on constate qu'elles sont sous-représentées au sommet de l'échelle hiérarchique.
Rob Washburn and Wayne MacPhail give two takes on The Guardian’s open journalism approach in comparison to Canadian newspapers. Washburn says that Canadian publications have failed to capitalize on the strengths of online in the way The Guardian has, while MacPhail simply says he is giving up newspapers.
The Pew Research Centre’s Project for Excellence in Journalism has released a new study examining the business models of newspapers and how they are adapting to a digital world. Belinda Alzner examines its findings, the ways that newspapers in the U.S. are adjusting their methods accordingly (or not), and why Canadian newspapers may be faring…
Par Ivor Shapiro Il y a 30 ans, la liberté de presse devenait un droit fondamental au Canada. Mais à la veille d'une conférence nationale qui prendra le pouls de la liberté de presse au pays, Ivor Shapiro, directeur de l'École de journalisme de l'Université Ryerson, constate que le sujet suscite plus d'apathie que de…
Par Sophie Mangado Installée à Jonquière depuis bientôt quatre ans, Myriam Gauthier partage son temps entre un emploi de surnuméraire au Quotidien et quelques piges. Elle souligne que "la pige est un passage obligé pour un journaliste qui débute" et déplore que les établissements de formation en parlent peu, car c'est "une réalité difficile face à laquelle…