The day after publishing its editorial endorsing the Conservative Party, The Globe and Mail hosted a live Q&A to answer questions about the decision. And, as Jennifer MacMillan, the Globe‘s communities editor, said: “The editorial endorsement has spurred an incredible amount of discussion online.” One frequent question, she added, is best summed up by a…
Jack Layton hit a can-you-believe-it mark last week when a CROP poll showed the NDP in first place in Quebec. He hit another when this week’s Ekos poll showed the NDP in second place nationally with a predicted win of 100 seats. As Ekos president Frank Grave told The Globe and Mail: “We’re in terra…
More Canadians are using social media to dish on election policies and politics than they were back when campaigning kicked off, according to a new Ipsos Reid poll conducted for Postmedia News and Global TV. However, when it comes to what is considered the most important information source, traditional media is still tops.
Une armée de 7000 journalistes, photographes, et autres professionnels de l’information du monde entier était massée à Londres ce matin pour couvrir le mariage du prince William de Galles et de Catherine Middleton. Environ 2,5 milliards de téléspectateurs auraient suivi l’évènement retransmis en direct grâce aux 450 km de câbles installés autour de l’abbaye de…
Par Geneviève Gagné La campagne électorale fédérale tire à sa fin et les candidats continuent d’alimenter leurs sites, leurs tweets et leurs blogues quotidiennement. Il arrive cependant souvent que la communication se fasse à sens unique omettant la participation. C’est ce qu’a observé Micah Sifry, cofondateur de Personal Democracy Forum, présent au Festival International du…
The Western Magazine Awards Foundation has announced its list of finalists for this year’s awards. The awards honour excellence in writing, photography, illustration and art direction for B.C, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, NWT and Yukon based magazines. Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on June 17 at the Marriott Vancouver Hotel in Harbourside.
Dans son éditorial du jour, le Globe and Mail appelle ses lecteurs à voter pour le Parti conservateur de Stephen Harper en prévision du scrutin de lundi. Au moment d’écrire ces lignes, plus de 4000 internautes avaient commenté cette prise de position du journal sur son site. Beaucoup critiquent la démarche et annoncent qu’ils se…
If anything, Karl Peladeau has proven he’s hard to ignore. On Wednesday, Sun Media’s head honcho published 751 words dripping with righteous indignation over his network’s near dupe regarding a bogus Ignatieff-in-fatigues-in-Kuwait photo. By Thursday, the source of the photo, Conservative Party political strategist Patrick Muttart, had been booted from the campaign.
Sun TV’s first-week ratings are out and they are, surprisingly, dim.
The Walrus‘s longtime managing editor Jared Bland is leaving his spot at the magazine to join House of Anansi. Bland officially becomes Anansi’s new managing editor July 1. While at The Walrus, Bland oversaw the magazine’s fiction and poetry sections. He’ll also act as Anansi’s new poetry editor. Check out the National Post‘s blog, The…