In its latest tussle with the CRTC, broadcaster CTV has launched a multimedia fueled campaign à la Greenpeace, complete with testimonials, ads and an online petition. What’s it all about? The feud between cable companies and conventional broadcasters masks the fact that both industries are headed for trouble, says Kelly Toughill in Carriage fees are…
Newspapers have come under a lot of criticism for not being innovative enough in transitioning from dead-tree to digital and social media. A new survey of editors by the Associated Press Managing Editors (APME) group may help explain why newsrooms find it challenging. Asked what stood in the way of change, 67.7 per cent of respondents said they didn’t have the staff and…
The feud between cable companies and conventional broadcasters masks the fact that both industries are headed for trouble, writes Kelly Toughill. The battle is over $300 million in carriage fees, but the war is about who will pay for “all the old-fashioned stuff”: broadcasters, cable and internet companies, taxpayers or consumers.
April 17 was a pretty good day for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida. It won two Pulitzer Prizes, it began publishing a major investigative series, and it won recognition from a grand jury that its work was crucial in providing evidence of alleged wrongdoing by a former House Speaker. Other media outlets should pay…
Here’s something to ponder: Two new investigations into the future of news that couldn’t be more different. 1. Moving Into Multiple Business Models: Outlook for Newspaper Publishing in the Digital Age. This report authored by PriceWaterhouseCoopers asserts that newspapers must keep on reducing costs, increase outsourcing of “generic editorial” functions, further centralize newsrooms and ad salesforces and continue consolidating ownership while putting more emphasis…
Un dessin ou une caricature par jour sur la politique nationale, internationale et les travers de la société sur le blogue de Paul Therrien.
Many fixers and interpreters used by Western journalists in Gaza are foot-soldiers of Hamas, says outspoken Jerusalem Post reporter Khaled Abu Toameh in this interview with J-Source. The Arab-Israeli journalist, a keynote speaker at the upcoming CAJ conference in Vancouver, believes telling the truth is his best shield as he covers the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Le Département d’information et de communication à l’Université Laval demande à ses étudiants au premier cycle, y compris ceux qui s’inscrivent en journalisme, d’acheter un ordinateur portable Mac. Les étudiants auront droit à une réduction de prix appréciable mais il n’est pas question d’une commandite ou autre forme de partenariat avec la compagnie Apple. Plusieurs…
Canadian journalists covering NATO activities in Afghanistan are being subjected to increased surveillance, including biometric scans and restrictions on independent travel to and from Kandahar airport. None of this helps the already difficult task of reporting on Afghanistan, as described by Melissa Fung and Graeme Smith in this post. But still people do everything they…
The ceaselessly clever innovators at Google Labs have launched a new application that could prove useful to anyone using current or recent news reports in their research. News Timeline marries the topic/phrase searchability of Google News with a graphical timeline presentation of search results. It’s worth checking out. (Try “swine flu” or “pandemic” as search terms for starters.)