L’Institut du Nouveau Monde (INM) se lance dans un partenariat avec les plates-formes Parole citoyenne et son pendant anglophone CitizenShift. Michel Venne, directeur de l’Institut du Nouveau-Monde, a œuvré comme journaliste, éditorialiste et chroniqueur au journal Le Devoir. Il répond aux questions de Lise Millette et livre ses réflexions sur les médias citoyens. (Une version…
The New York Times posted a series of essays about reading electronic documents compared to paper. Some are of direct relevance to journalism — and our current crisis as it relates to technology . . .
Véritable manifeste de la pige, le guide «Pigistes Anonymes : les 12 étapes du rétablissement» propose de rompre avec le stéréotype misérabiliste souvent associé à l’état de journaliste indépendant. Par une série de conseils pratiques rassemblés sous douze rubriques, à l’instar des thérapies pour vaincre l’alcoolisme et autres dépendances, l’auteur Nicolas Ritoux invite ses collègues…
The news business is facing life and death challenges. On Saturday, Oct. 17 at the University of King’s College, a powerhouse of journalistic thinkers will consider where it might be going next. They’ll examine the…
Get a musician friend to compose music for free for your audio slideshow or online video: that was one suggestions from multi-media trainer Robb Montgomery of Visualeditors.com at a recent Wordstock seminar. But should creators really be asking other creators to work for free? Montgomery’s sessions were full of pointers on useful tools, devices and techniques frontline reporters and freelancers…
Tommy Douglas has been the subject of numerous books, documentaries, movies and debates that finally crowned him, in a CBC competition, as the Greatest Canadian. But the federal government is still reluctant to tell Canadians everything they know about the man. Canadian Press reporter Jim Bronskill, who knows the Access to Information Act better than…
Is the U.S. White House “attacking the messenger” — or refusing to pretend that the Fox News Channel news is performing journalism . . .
One of the most potent threats to investigative journalism comes from the legal departments of big corporations, writes Cecil Rosner. Here’s a great example and the lessons for journalists.
Canwest’s application for creditor protection ends old rumours and starts new ones. Is this the beginning of a much anticipated conglomerate break-up, or will the chain simply change hands? In a Globe and Mail online Q and A, Carleton University’s Chris Waddell talks about what the restructuring might look like. ‘Canwest did not intend to…
A Czech entrepreneur is developing a chain of Starbuck-like news cafes where news is being distributed and journalists are interacting with readers. The storefronts are quickly becoming a centre of community life, with meetings, concerts, dance lessons and other events organized for local residents. “PPF Media has been getting a lot of international attention lately…