Dale Bass: What is Canada’s definition of a journalist?
Although it can seem like it, not everybody is against the idea of creating a professional title for journalists.
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The Globe on Postmedia’s digital switch
The Globe and Mail has published an in-depth article on Postmedia's efforts to go digital dubbed "The glitch in Postmedia's digital switch."
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Le Winnipeg Sun accusé de verser dans la propagande
Après avoir analysé plusieurs numéros du Winnipeg Sun, le chercheur Pete Hudson de l'Université du Manitoba conclut que le quotidien du groupe Quebecor/Sun est un journal de propagande. Inquiet du poids politique du conglomérat médiatique, il n'hésite pas à mettre en parallèle les liens de l'empire Murdoch avec le gouvernement Cameron en Grande-Bretagne et ceux…
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Should journos publicly reveal their salary?
Guardian columnist George Monbiot thinks so — and not just your salary, he writes, but every source of income. Book deals; how much is in your savings accounts; whether you charge rent to tenants — all of it.
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COPA nominees announced
The second and final set of finalists in the 2011 Canadian Online Publishing Awards has been announced. The leaders in this round include Cyberpresse (seven nominations), Edmonton Journal and Toronto Star (six nominations each) in the newspaper division, while Fashion and Truck News (three nominations each) lead the magazine categories. Online-only title Toronto Standard takes…
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Did The Onion miss the mark with its ‘screams and gunfire’ tweet?
Not everybody thought The Onion's Thursday tweet "Breaking: Witnesses reporting screams and gunfire heard inside Capitol building" was very funny.
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Les quotidiens de plus en plus lus… pour le moment
La plupart des quotidiens canadiens ont vu leur lectorat augmenter entre septembre 2010 et juin 2011, selon les dernières données de NADbank. Ces chiffres parus aujourd'hui révèlent que plus de la moitié des adultes canadiens des 6 plus grandes villes du pays et d'Halifax lisent un quotidien tous les jours et qu'environ 8 sur 10…
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Vancouver police serve media warrants; demand riot footage
Police investigating Vancouver's Stanley Cup riots want media to hand over its footage — and have started to serve warrants, reports the Canadian Press. You can check out the full story, here. In the meantime, let us know: Should media hand over the footage, or fight the warrant? [node:ad]
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This just in: The journalism review index
B.C.-based journalist Stanley Tromp has created a resource for journalism students and scholars: the Journalism Review Index. In the site's own words: "There are several thousand articles on journalism topics available in archived issues of journalism review magazines around the world. These range from philosophical to practical; several are time-dated, others timeless; some are localized,…
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FOI foibles
The results of Canada’s latest freedom of information audit are in, and journalists hoping for progress since the 2007 and 2009 audits will be disappointed. As well, there have been some questionable provincial policies of late, notably in B.C. Canada’s FOI reputation has suffered internationally in recent years, with moves such as the Harper government’s…