While this is a bit old, it is relevant. The Institute for Interactive Journalism announced funding for 10 New Citizen Media ideas under its New Voices grant. These news sites are doing hyper-local coverage produced for the Internet. The idea is to use digital media to enrich communities, create public discourse and impact democracy. It…
The infamous J-Lab, the Institute for Interactive Journalism, has joined with the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland to create the Knight Citizen News Network. This web site is dedicated to help traditional journalists and ordinary citizens create their own community news and information sites. It contains resources, learning modules, research and CitMedia…
Covering Communities is an interesting web site being run by a non-profit organization and a school of journalism as a way to promote journalism focusing on communities. The Hardwood Institute for Public Innovation and the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications are working together to broaden the understanding of journalists as it…
“Al Gore couldn’t believe his eyes: as the 2000 election heated up, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other top news outlets kept going after him, with misquotes ….while pundits such as Maureen Dowd appeared to be charmed by his rival, George W. Bush,” writes Evgenia Peretz in a Vanity Fair piece that…
“On many days the newsprint front page tastes of already chewed gum,” says Jack Shafer, in a Slate column reflecting on how his news consumption has shifted to the Internet. It’s an icky comparison but many of us will recognize the reality that print is already old when it rolls off the press. It’s also…
Sylvio Le Blanc, Montréal J’espère que des étudiants en journalisme seront bientôt à pied d’oeuvre, car il serait intéressant de comparer la production des journalistes du Journal de Québec (qui appartient au géant Quebecor) à celle des mêmes, en lock-out depuis avril, de MédiaMatinQuébec.
Richard Therrien, Le Soleil Deux points ressortent du lancement d’automne du service de l’information de Radio-Canada et de RDI d’hier: on multiplie les débats, et on augmente la présence de l’actualité internationale à l’antenne. Le directeur général de l’information, Alain Saulnier, veut diversifier le contenu. « Pendant que les autres médias enfoncent toujours le même…
Canadian media have consistently given priority to covering the deaths of Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan; today’s Globe and Mail top-front page piece about the death of Simon Longtin of the Vandoos is an example. In the U.S., however, a weariness with carnage seems to have set in, and there’s apparently lessening appetite in the media…
Is Russia cracking down on foreign media? The BBC was effectively kicked out of the country today. From a story in the Guardian:The BBC World Service has lost its last FM radio outlet in Russia today, adding further substance to claims of a clampdown on foreign media by the country’s authorities.Russian station Bolshoye Radio today…
Normand Morand, Soleil de Salaberry-de-Valleyfield “Dans l’information, l’une des forces est de durer; c’est bon de savoir que dans la tête de certaines personnes, le journaliste d’expérience a encore sa place.” Cette déclaration a été faite il y a quelques années par le journaliste Pierre Nadeau. Je l’ai toujours conservée car elle constitue pour moi…