A lockdown at the G20 media center in Toronto has ended, according to CBC television. According to CBC, a lockdown at the Allstream building where media accreditation is taking place, was caused by an unattended briefcase. When the briefcase was spotted, the building was evacuated. The Allstream building is still evacuated, CBC reports. Earlier, journalists…
Prince Edward County, two hours east of Toronto on Lake Ontario, is the site of a new hyperlocal news project called countylive.ca, started by veteran journalist Sue Capon. Working with her partner Amber Martin, a graphic designer, the pair have a storefront in Picton and publish solely online. The enterprise is being well-received and provides…
BBC radio Scotland airs an interesting program pitting an old hack journalist using traditional tools against a younger new media journalist loaded with technology. The idea is to see which one gets the better, more credible story. The results are aired on the radio. The programme ‘Old Hack, New Tricks’ will air today at 11:30am…
Eight community newspapers in Alberta received federal funding to subsidize mailing costs and reduce subscription rates. The Okotoks Western Wheel received more than $269,000, while others received between $10,000 to $40,000. The money comes from the Aid to Publishers program under the Canadian Periodical Fund. The fund provides assistance to magazines and non-daily newspapers.
As journalists trek toward the G8/20 Summit, it may be hard to muster excitement for another round of unmet aid pledges and quickly forgotten PR moments for the hosts. Outside the gates there’s perhaps a more interesting story in the showdown between political power and street power. Yet social activists complain the issues at stake…
With all the mainstream and independent working to cover the upcoming G20 summit in Toronto, the new kid on the block has cut itself out a niche. OpenFile, the new online hyperlocal journalism project, is dedicating an entire section to examining the many aspects of the G20 event, but from a very localize perspective. It…
Les propos de Lise Bissonnette sur le « public gazouilleur » et la « communauté de placoteux », qui ont tant fait réagir cette semaine dans le petit monde médiatique québécois, sont désormais disponibles dans leur intégralité et surtout leur contexte. Pour qui se donne la peine de l’écouter, l’ex-directrice du Devoir et de la Grande Bibliothèque du Québec…
On se réjouit comme on peut. Selon les dernières données ABC, le déclin des tirages des journaux se poursuit aux États-Unis, mais a fléchi durant le premier trimestre de 2010. Par ailleurs, les abonnements électroniques des quotidiens et la fréquentation de leurs sites web seraient en forte hausse. Les journaux à « forte valeur ajoutée » comme le…
Press gallery journalists across the nation are calling for an end to Harper’s history of information control. Photojournalists, documentary filmmakers and scientists are among those suffering the chill. Even the Taxpayers are ticked. A joint op-ed calls on journalists to report refusals and delays as news, and editors to turn down proffered pap. In recent…
The Harper government’s efforts to control the flow of information have “grown into a genuine and widespread threat to the public’s right to know,” says an open letter signed by the presidents of the Canadian Association of Journalists, the Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec, the Parliamentary Press Gallery and several provincial press galleries.