Eternity Martis spoke to us about the thrills – and consequences – of sharing her personal life in her work. Continue Reading Working Media Podcast: Eternity Martis
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Bruce Gillespie’s book focuses on the nuts and bolts of news reporting — and that’s a good thing. Continue Reading New journalism textbook News Writing and Reporting is a straightforward guide for students
Here’s our regular update on the moves, hires and promotions in Canadian journalism. Want your job move featured? Tweet it to us or use the hashtag #cdnmediamoves. A number of new promotions were announced at Rogers’ magazines. This comes after 75 full-time staff were laid off in June 2018, and Steve Maich, senior vice-president of the digital…
Shattered is directed Lindsay Fitzgerald, a graduate of Ryerson’s journalism and documentary-media MFA programs. Continue Reading New documentary will look at state of Canadian journalism industry
The complainant, Marc Poitras, thought the host of Ontario Today behaved differently to the callers on the edition which focused on the Progressive Conservative party, during the recent provincial election. He felt she was rude and dismissive. The host was challenging, as she was during episodes focused on other parties. There was no violation of…
The website was started by Rob Csernyik to connect Canadians with features about their country. Continue Reading Great Canadian Longform is curating the best of Canadian non-fiction writing
Carleton students learn how to tell stories about Canada’s Indigenous communities with a breadth of understanding. Continue Reading Stories North course brings journalism students to Yukon
Conflicts, coups and catastrophes: These are the stories Canadians are most often told about the world beyond our borders. Media coverage of international affairs has long been driven by dramatic breaking news events while deep reporting on the ongoing issues affecting the developing world has been as scarce as the GDP of some of the…
The Media Centre for Public Policy and Knowledge Mobilization is led by Dr. Shannon Sampert, editor-in-chief of EvidenceNetwork.ca. Continue Reading New research hub will look at news media’s influence on public policy
Off the record, a source said; a senior government official said on background; according to an insider. How important are anonymous sources in reporting? Overuse or misuse can hurt credibility, but you need those insider voices for many stories to get beyond the press releases and speeches. They are crucial when the news can’t be…