This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign. It was an overwhelmingly humid summer day in Hong Kong when Adrian Ma, professor at the Ryerson School of Journalism, found himself sitting at a plastic table, crammed in next to his students, receiving a slew of free dishes from an elderly woman cooking at a dai…
“As a black, female journalist, I hope that I will not only develop a thick skin, but have the necessary support and personal resiliency to tell difficult stories.” Continue Reading We shouldn’t allow online hate to silence diverse voices
With a significant portion of the audience arriving at news sites via social media and search, the imminent death of the homepage is a common refrain. One senior digital manager told me he was expecting the “death of the homepage revolution” to hit his market at some point, but it hadn’t yet. He might be…
Founder Sana Malik said the site is about “people who want to express themselves.” Continue Reading This is Worldtown is dedicated to telling the stories of women of colour
The long-life of news online means we have to consider a lot when deciding to unpublish a story.
By The Canadian Press The outgoing CEO of Torstar says his replacement will have to review how much more money to invest in Star Touch, the Toronto Star’s tablet edition that was intended to capture more readers when it launched a year and a half ago. David Holland offered some parting advice during Torstar’s quarterly…
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor Winners of the annual Canadian Online Publishing Awards were announced on Nov. 7 in Toronto. The annual awards celebrate excellence in online publishing. According to a press release from COPA, the Toronto Star and The Huffington Post won three gold and two silver, “followed by the National Observer with three…
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor The Globe and Mail’s digital presence is getting an overhaul, courtesy of the Washington Post. On June 1, Phillip Crawley, publisher of the Globe and Mail, announced a partnership with the Post to implement the Post’s Arc Publishing system. Built with newspaper publishers in mind, Arc will be fully implemented…
