Association des journalistes professionnels de Belgique, Agjpb.be | Le groupe « Rémy Bricka » a interrogé les délégués de l’AJP et a recueilli nombre de témoignages. Il a décidé de fournir aux journalistes et à leurs délégués de rédaction ce « Manuel de survie ». Ce manuel liste non seulement les enjeux et questions auxquels…
– Journalistes en équilibre instable | Jean-François Dumont– «Les journalistes doivent apprendre à dialoguer avec leur public» | La rencontre de Stéphane Renard avec Alain Gerlache– A-t-on vraiment «la presse qu’on mérite»? | Alain Guillaume– «La maîtrise de la langue est une des clés de la réussite» | Une interview de Thomas Gergely – Propos…
Martin Croteau, La Presse | Est-ce un signe de l’exaspération des Québecois à l’égard de l’hiver, ou le reflet de réels problèmes administratifs? Pendant que la neige continue de s’accumuler à un rythme phénoménal sur l’est du pays, les médias du Québec consacrent un espace record aux problèmes de déneigement. Une couverture gigantesque lorsqu’on la…
Jean-Sébastien Marsan, l’AJIQ.qc.ca | L’hebdomadaire culturel montréalais ICI somme ses collaborateurs pigistes de signer, avant le 20 mars, un contrat de publication. Après avoir pris connaissance de ce contrat, l’Association des journalistes indépendants du Québec (AJIQ) invite fortement les journalistes concernés à ne rien signer. Un pigiste qui signe ce contrat doit dire adieu à…
“Occasionally, despite their aim to represent objective journalism, newspapers have to assert an ethical position on divisive issues. The Washington Post’s publisher, Katharine Weymouth, recently instituted the inalienable right to extreme procrastination in the workplace: She established a game room at the D.C. daily, complete with air hockey, foosball, and a Wii.” — From the…
Three quarters of adult Canadians read a daily newspaper at least once a week, according to the latest readership survey. The NADbank report released in early March had some encouraging news. Newspaper penetration is still high among adult Canadians, and newspaper readership is stable overall. The Globe and Mail posted significant overall gains in readership,…
The Albuquerque Tribune published for the last time on Saturday, Feb. 22. Newspaper staff learned last summer that E.W. Scripps Co. would close the daily if it could not find a buyer. Click the link below to read the newspaper’s coverage of its own demise.
Newspaper advertising revenue dropped 11 per cent in January, compared to the year before, marking the worst performance since 2001. At least one analyst was optimist after reading the numbers, Editor and Pubilsher reports. Peter Appert, of Goldman Sachs, had expected things to be worse.
Two regional UK newspapers took different approaches to stem drastically falling circulation, reports Philip M. Stone. In a study published in followthemedia.com, Stone tracks the efforts of the Manchester Evening News and the Birmingham Mail to stem falling circulation. Manchester opted for free subscriptions downtown; Birmingham chose to relaunch with a new emphasis on local…
“Every once in a while I feel that it might be helpful to readers if I explained what it is I am trying to do in these columns,” wrote Stanley Fish in the New York Times. Kudos to Fish. As both a reader and a some-time column writer, I have often thought both readers and…