So asks a professor of psychiatry and internationally-respected author who studies the effects of conflict reporting on journalists. The University of Toronto’s Dr. Anthony Feinstein will present this year’s Dr. Julius Guild Public Lecture on Wednesday, October 14th in Toronto, as part of…
The new Apple tablet promises to bring a revolution to the magazine industry in a manner similar to the iPod’s impact on music. “Traditional publishers — concerned that Apple’s anticipated tablet computer could affect their business the way the iPod disempowered music publishers — are discussing possible strategies, including an industry-wide digital storefront where tablet…
Some reaction to the boycott by independent writers against Transcontinental is dribbling in. Slowly, cautiously, too often anonymously … geez writers are a timid breed…
It’s about time that independent writers got our act together, and if it takes a boycott of Canadian Living, More, Elle Canada, Homemakers, and Vancouver Magazine to protest Transcontinental’s odious new contract, so be it. More than a dozen organizations of Canadian writers “are calling on the thousands of writers they represent to not write…
Despite the surging popularity of social media sites, content-oriented sites are by far the biggest attraction online, according to figures compiled by the Online Publishers Association. In fact, the number of people attracted to content sites and the amount of time they spend there are growing. So far, it appears the dramatic growth in popularity of social media is happening…
An interesting post on editorsweblog.org points to discussions in several places about how public journalists can be with personal views. The news hook is a Washington Post guideline for its journalists using social networks. The discussion, predictably, wanders to whether bias is inevitable, always damning, and should be declared. This quote from the editor’s memo,…
With the rise of hyperlocal journalism, mainstream media and small town newspaper chains are facing tough decisions about the future. This Wall Street Journal article last week provides good insight into the challenges facing these small publications. It captures the vitality and raison d’etre for these publications. “At the Register-Star and its trans-Hudson sister, the…
Another hyperlocal news project launched in response to mainstream media’s massive cutbacks. “The new independent Brockville Voice broadsheet weekly, with four former Sun Media employees among the ranks, marks its first month on the streets this Friday, The Toronto Sun Family blog reports. “Jacqui Lysko, editor-in-chief, brings TSF up to date on the Aug. 21…
The Fraser Institute has gone from being regarded by journalists and editors “with suspicion and derision” to its current lofty status “as a go-to source for every major media outlet in Canada,” wrote Geoff Turner in the online magazine The Tyee, in an examination of the think tank’s public relations success –as opposed to the…
Foreign affairs columnist Jonathan Manthorpe wrote an eulogy to the Far Eastern Economic Review, or simply “FEER,” which Dow Jones announced it will close, after gutting it several years previously. “Asia is sadly lacking in authoritative, incisive and independent media, and last week it was announced that it will lose the one publication which for…