The future always looms large at J-Source, and this week is no exception, starting with Graydon Carter’s call to Quit Whining and Swing for the Fences. If that doesn’t inspire you, check out the I Want Media video, featuring a diverse panel of pundits, from the founder of Twitter to the editor of Wall Street…
Creditors of Canwest Global Communications Corp. (CGS) are bringing in a senior executive to lead a financial restructuring of the company, “possibly superseding chief executive officer Leonard Asper,” reported the Globe and Mail in a story quoted by Reuters and Bloomberg. Documents filed with securities regulators said the company’s creditors “have been granted several key…
On vous assigne à la couverture d’une foire canine et cela vous plombe l’ambiance. L’idée de disserter sur des chiens bien coiffés vous défrise l’ego? Rappelez-vous que ce ne sont pas les assignations qui sont ennuyantes mais bien les sujets mal traités… Tom Hawthorn, interviewé par Regan Ray de J-Source, propose quelques pistes pour surmonter le cynisme…
Un traitement varié de l’actualité européenne en 10 langues. Suivi sélectif des grandes thématiques, débats, opinions qui traversent l’espace médiatique européen. Courrier international est l’un des partenaires du projet.
Metroland weekly Northumberland News took second place in the Suburban Newspapers of America (SNA) awards recently. The newspaper, which serves Northumberland County, about one hour east of Toronto, was recognized for its innovative technology and story presentation.
“For a generation, journalists have been steeped in a culture of failure. Even during boom years, newspapers laid off employees, offered buy-outs, froze the hiring off new employees and cut the pay of the ones they kept. When the Internet brought unprecedented competition into the news business, and Chicken Little’s sky really did fall, the…
This is a pretty reliable resource to tracking down journalists using Twitter. MediaOnTwitter was one of the first websites to offer a comprehensive servivce.
“I argued then — and I still believe now — that if we can better exploit and market the deep, full-bodied understanding that beat reporters have of their areas of expertise, we hugely increase our value proposition to our readers. So we should celebrate our beat reporters, and take advantage of online opportunities to demonstrate…
“Last week I was a panelist at a Gulf online writers and journalism workshop in Dubai that brought together the leading GCC online journalists to discuss whether bloggers and mainstream media can co-exist. In other words, can we all just get along.”
“As fewer and fewer newspapers commit enough resources, time and manpower to produce in-depth investigative reports, many citizen media enthusiasts seem to suggest that citizen journalists can step in to fill the gap. Do citizen journalists hold the key to the future of in-depth investigative journalism? Perhaps.”