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Writing Satire Workshop
Toronto Media Arts Centre 32 Lisgar Street, Toronto, ON, CanadaWant to write satirical news in the style of The Onion, The Beaverton or Walking Eagle News? In this workshop, recovering journalist Tim Fontaine will teach you how to write hilarious (or cringe-inducing) short articles and headlines that grab people's attention. maximum capacity: 12 3 hours of instruction Instructor: Tim Fontaine Tim Fontaine is the…
2019 Vancouver Podcast Festival
Vancouver Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaThe Vancouver Podcast Festival (#VanPodFest) presented by DOXA highlights the power and potential of podcasting.
How to get hired, with Erin Valois
Rogers Communication Centre 80 Gould Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaInternship season is upon us, and we want to make sure your cover letters, resumes and CVs are in tip-top shape. Want to make sure your job application stands out compared to hundreds of others? The Eyeopener is bringing back Erin Valois. She is national director and digital editorial operations at Postmedia, who has been…
BuzzFeed: From Listicles to Hard News
TMX Broadcast Centre The Exchange Tower, 130 King St. West, CanadaHired as editor-in-chief in 2012, Ben Smith did for BuzzFeed—then best known for its lists, quizzes and viral videos—what few in the industry get to do: he built a news division from scratch. Although BuzzFeed’s entry into serious journalism was met with some skepticism, Smith grew its newsroom into a now-established force that has both…
2019 Joseph Howe Symposium – Decoding the News
Alumni Hall in the New Academic Building, University of King's College 6350 Coburg Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaBuzzFeed media editor Craig Silverman is known internationally for his reporting on social platforms and media manipulation, and for debunking truly "fake news": the mis- and dis-information found at all levels of social media. In this year's Joseph Howe Symposium keynote, he'll weigh the successes and failures of social platforms in the 2019 federal election.…
When Language Matters: Should Canada’s journalists report climate change as an “emergency”?
Upper Library, University of Toronto 4 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, CanadaWhat happens when media organizations like the Guardian use ‘climate emergency” instead of “climate change”? Does this open journalists to accusations of bias and activism? Indigenous people have been sounding the alarm on climate change for decades — is it time we listen? Are there climate events and communities that have been overlooked by Canadian…
Data Driven 2019
Google 111 Richmond Street West #12, Toronto, ON, CanadaThis one-day symposium features some of Canada’s most prolific investigative reporters, news developers and data advocates providing an in-depth look into the strategies they use to turn raw data into tomorrow’s headlines.
CEMA’S 41st Annual Awards of Journalistic Excellence 2019
Holiday Inn Toronto Yorkdale 3450 Dufferin Street, Toronto, ON, CanadaThe Talking Back Feminist Media Conference
Toronto Media Arts Centre 32 Lisgar Street, Toronto, ON, CanadaIn celebration of our 15th year of independent feminist publishing for teens, Shameless will host the first ever Talking Back Feminist Media Conference on November 16th and 17th, 2019. This conference is funded by the Toronto Arts Council. The conference theme is the future(s) of feminist media. This will be a space to collaborate, to…