Documentary producer Ira Basen created a two-part series called News 2.0: The Future of News in an Age of Social Media on “where the news business is going, now that it’s everybody’s business.” Part one aired on the Sunday Edition, CBC Radio 1 on June 21 and the second part will air June 28 at…
Vancouver-based investigative reporter Terry Gould spent four years researching the lives of local journalists killed in Iraq, the Philippines, Russia, Colombia and Bangladesh for his new book. J-Source contributor Jeffrey Dvorkin spoke with Gould about the dangers facing local and foreign journalists overseas and the importance of pursuing the “why” of the story.
La disparition éventuelle du Boston Globe concerne le Québec plus directement qu’on pourrait le croire. C’est ce qu’avance Marc-Olivier Bherer, journaliste et blogueur à Courrier international. En effet, la Nouvelle-Angleterre, c’est en quelque sorte la porte d’à côté. Ce quotidien offre une couverture du Québec d’une part avantageuse sur le plan touristique, mais aussi intéressante…
Une enquête publiée par Forbes révèle que les Américains de tous âges font davantage confiance à Internet qu’à toute autre média comme source d’information. L’explication du sondeur John Zogby: Internet permet de recueillir de l’information par des milliers de blogues, d’agrégateurs et de médias sociaux et de migrer vers les sources qui renforcent son point…
The Toronto Star is seeking personal stories related to the impact of the city’s municipal workers’ strike using the micro-blog Twitter. In its lead story on June 30 23, both in its paper edition and on its website, the newspaper asked people to send in accounts using two methods: one is a specific commentary page…
Courrier international, numéro spécial (réservé aux abonnés) – Les journaux vont mal. – Leur diffusion baisse et leurs rentrées publicitaires diminuent à mesure que la crise s’aggrave. Bref, selon certains, leur survie est compromise. – D’autant qu’Internet a bouleversé les modes de distribution et de consommation de l’information. – Seuls les plus audacieux parviendront à…
NewsOntario journalists have compiled a second edition of The Justice Reporter, a newsletter that explores the openness of the province’s courts. Despite the attorney general’s decision in April to rescind a policy that blocked access to criminal case files after a publication ban was imposed, court officials continue to throw up roadblocks to access. The…
News that the Quebec Press Council is in Crisis raises questions about the failing health of Canada’s press councils. Required background reading is Don Sellar’s Press Councils in Sad Decline, posted last spring. Ironically, at about the same time, an independent report for the Canadian Human Rights Commission called for the establishment of a compulsory…
To witness the impact of social networking on the news coverage of the protests in Iran is to watch the transformation of new technology to overhaul preconceived approaches to spreading news. The innovative uses of Twitter, Facebook and other social networking software, demonstrates the abilities of these new forms as a means of spreading news…