Among the winners is an app that lets people make micro-podcasts and a sports newsletter aimed at women. Continue Reading Ryerson and Facebook Digital News Innovation Challenge awards $100,000 to five startups
Calgary based media outlet has upgraded to a new website and has big plans after participating in the Digital News Innovation Challenge. Continue Reading The Sprawl is growing
Canada remains a Wild West digital frontier where American behemoths reap billions. Continue Reading Facebook won’t resurrect Canadian media
From ‘binders’ to meetups, writers are reaching out to each other. Continue Reading Freelancers, unions use social media to build online, offline community
The CJF said the award ‘celebrates efforts to encourage Canadians to understand and critically assess the quality of news in their community as well as the practices that underpin factual reporting as key contributions to Canadian democracy’ Continue Reading Call for Entries: CJF-Facebook Journalism Project News Literacy Award
A digital news incubator will award $100,000 to five finalists — but how involved will Facebook be? Continue Reading Facebook and Ryerson launch Digital News Innovation Challenge
CJF J-Talk tackles the impact technology has on the dissemination of information. Continue Reading Live Blog: Did technology kill truth—or set it free?
Although we now live in a vast internet landscape with immense amounts of content, the diversity and quality of the news media we consume continues to be a concern. Large sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Google should not be trusted to solve these problems. Internet news platforms have contributed to the closure of traditional news outlets that are…
Ryerson and Facebook partnering to create a digital news incubator. Continue Reading Heritage minister unveils ‘Creative Canada’ initiative
By Krista Simpson For the reporter, Facebook serves a multitude of purposes. It is a place to search for people, to find story ideas and to publicize content. But while the site is both valuable and convenient, reporters still need to hold to journalistic standards of verification and integrity, even when using it in creative…