The National Post published an interesting article by Armine Yalnizyan, senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, yesterday. On the whole, the article is about RRSPs and TFSAs and dispelling the middle class myth. Here’s what’s interesting: Yalnizyan blames the media. She writes: “Newspapers make their living by writing around the facts. But…
Dès sa toute première émission la semaine dernière, Ezra Levant de Sun News s’en est pris à Radio-Canada et CBC en décriant notamment la Boussole électorale. Comme plusieurs critiques, le polémiste estime que cet outil, censé situer les opinions des électeurs par rapport aux programmes des partis politiques, a un biais pour le Parti libéral.…
Last night, journalists were invited to learn search secrets at Google Canada’s HQ in Toronto. The Society of American Business Editors and Writers’s second foray into Canada promised to make journalists smarter researchers and “get the most from the web.” Didn’t make it? That’s OK. Former J-Source associate editor and current ScribbleLive digital journalism specialist…
Canadians are increasingly using social networking sites to get their news, according to a recently released study. But are they listening to journalists? J-Source reports.
Pour la première fois, les néo-démocrates pourraient former l’Opposition officielle à la chambre des communes, d’après les sondeurs de Ekos, Nanos, Environics et Forum Research. Cette nouvelle fait les gros titres de la majorité des médias nationaux depuis plusieurs jours, démontrant une nouvelle fois l’énorme poids des sondages dans la couverture de la campagne électorale.…
Style can be a sticky thing, and this one’s been bugging us: Once an election has been called, should media refer still refer to the Prime Minister by his (or her) title? Or should we drop it and refer to the person simply as “X” Party Leader? We asked former CBC grammar guru Judy Maddren…
Have you signed up yet? This year’s convention features three days of panels, speeches and hands-on workshops. Speakers include: Philip Meyer, author of The Vanishing Newspaper: Saving Journalism in the Information Age, The Ottawa Citizen’s Gary Dimmock, who will provide an insider’s view of the crime beat, and his colleague, investigative reporter Glen McGregor, who…
Alright so a week has passed since the debut of Sun TV. While the network is still taking its first steps and there are, surely, more things to come, we still want to know: What did everyone think of the first seven days? Well, one thing’s for sure: few left their screens overly impressed, or…
What happens when social media meets traditional election coverage? Come to tonight’s CJF Forum to find out. The Q&A panel features Mark Blevis, a digital public affairs strategist whose data crunching has been sourced by the Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press and others; Chris Boutet, senior producer of digital media at the National Post;…
Sur le modèle du Huffington Post, le magazine économique Forbes.com compte lui aussi constituer une équipe de blogueurs non rémunérés. Cependant, alors même qu’un collaborateur du HuffPo estime que le site devrait reverser une partie des gains de sa fusion avec AOL à ses bénévoles, Forbes.com envisage de mettre en vente les textes de ses…