Paul Bradshaw – a British journalist, university lecturer and author of the Online Journalism Blog – has created a social networking site for journalism researchers. “It’s an attempt to provide a way for journalism students and academics to get in touch with others researching the same area, exchange ideas and tips, and ask for help…
Aboriginal People’s Television Network asked in an episode of its program Contact, “Is the mainstream media part of the problem?” ….
A ruling by the the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission includes provision for a new fund to support local news programming in markets under one million people, with cable and satellite distributors contributing about $60-million a year, reported the Globe and Mail. The CRTC release is here.A Globe and Mail story is here.
The latest report from the Audit Bureau of Circulation shows U.S. newspaper circulation declined 4.6 per cent in the six months ending in September, 2008. The report covers 507 daily newspapers. Declines were worst in large cities, but even quality titles such as the New York Times were not immune to the trend.
Hope for struggling newspaper companies and discouraged journalists came from an unlikely quarter this week. Lauren Rich Fine was the most powerful media-stock analyst on Wall Street for more than a decade. She built her career telling newspapers how to maximize profits to boost share price, then retired a year ago. Thursday she delivered an…
Hope for struggling newspaper companies and discouraged journalists came from an unlikely quarter this week. Lauren Rich Fine was the most powerful media-stock analyst on Wall Street for more than a decade. She built her career telling newspapers how to maximize profits to boost share price, then retired a year ago. Thursday she delivered an…
“CIRCULATION GROWS” could be a screaming headline in 72-point with multiple exclamation marks. But, oddly, it arrived in my inbox today as a mere item in the latest e-bulletin of the Canadian Newspaper Association…
Marie-Andrée Chouinard, Le Devoir | Futé, le Parti conservateur? En choisissant d’accréditer des blogueurs au même titre que des journalistes lors de son prochain congrès, le parti de Stephen Harper adopte une pratique en vogue aux États-Unis, où ce mélange des genres est légion. Il s’agit là d’une inquiétante confusion.
Au fil des événements, Université Laval | Dominique Payette est professeure au Département d’information et de communication depuis moins de deux ans, mais elle possède une expérience professionnelle remarquable. Elle a publié l’année dernière, aux Presses de l’Université Laval, Journalisme radiophonique, qui remporte le prix du meilleur volume pédagogique. L’écriture est efficace, parfois amusante, bien…
Paul Cauchon, Le Devoir (sur abonnement) | La ministre de l’Éducation, Michelle Courchesne, a finalement exprimé ses «regrets» mardi soir à la journaliste de La Presse canadienne avec laquelle elle avait eu une altercation cet été. Mais le mea culpa de la ministre ne satisfait pas le conseil d’administration de la Tribune de la presse…