Five questions for OpenFile’s Wilf Dinnick
The community-powered news site is growing — and fast. We talk to OpenFile's CEO Wilf Dinnick about a busy summer, the quest to commercialize, and blowing out the one-year birthday candles.
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My first summer job in news
David Hedley’s first job at a community newspaper in 1980 dashed any illusions his younger-self had about the glory of work as a journalist. It also taught the future Calgary Herald web producer the importance of multi-tasking — and truth.
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I quit, too!
Well, by now we all know why Kai Nagata quit. And although Nagata’s critique lacked the elegance (and brevity) of Edward R. Murrow’s 1958 RTNDA speech, it was a cut above Adam Smith’s drunken YouTube resignation. In a field where the first instinct is ‘write about it,’ Nagata isn’t the first journalist to go out…
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Hackgate: Murdoch nie toute responsabilité
Le patron de News Corp., Rupert Murdoch, affirme qu'il n'était pas au courant que son tabloïd, News of the World, infiltrait illégalement des boîtes vocales. Appelé à s'expliquer aujourd'hui devant les parlementaires britanniques en compagnie de son fils James, il a nié toute responsabilité dans le scandale du hackgate, rejetant le blâme sur ses subordonnés.
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Reader’s Digest Association puts itself up for $1-billion sale: Financial Times
The Financial Times is reporting that the Reader's Digest Association has put itself up for a $1-billion sale "according to people with knowledge of the plans."
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Dan McIntosh new co-anchor for CTV Regina’s News at Six
Video journalist Dan McIntosh is the new co-anchor for CTV Regina's News at Six. He joins current anchor Danelle Boivin. [node:ad] McIntosh has been with CTV Regina for the past six years. Before that, McIntosh worked at CHAT TV in Medicine Hat, and is a grad of the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. “Dan’s experience…
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John Miller on Sun Media’s decision to leave press council: “Call ’em outlaws”
Former Ryerson University journalism chair John Miller is one of the many people left shaking their heads after Sun Media recently announced it's quitting the Ontario Press Council. "It's a bad decision," writes Miller on his blog, "and even worse timing."
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Alberta Magazines Publishers Association needs new executive director
Colleen Seto won't be coming back from maternity leave to resume her spot as Alberta Magazine Publishers Association (AMPA) executive director. Acting executive director Andrew Mah won't be staying at the helm, either; he has other plans.
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Is the internet making journalism better or worse?
The Economist is holding a parliamentary-style debate on the internet and how its affecting journalism. The motion: This house believes that the internet is making journalism better, not worse. [node:ad] What do you think? You can join the live debate on The Economist website. The "session" opened on July 12, with nearly 80 comments from…
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One month left to apply for Peter Gzowski Life Literacy Fellowship
Journalists have one month left to apply for the Peter Gzowski Life Literacy Fellowship, which grants reporters $3,000 to research and develop a story on adult literacy in Canada. Last year's winner was Susan Quinlan of the Prairie Post West Newspaper, who wrote about the growing Low German Mennonite community in southern Alberta, and its…