Archive
24 Oct

SABAR introduces free terminology guidebook for reporting on Aboriginal issues

<p><strong>By Eric Mark Do </strong></p><p>Journalist Waubgeshig Rice is a First Nations member, but that doesn't automatically mean he can answer every question about Aboriginal issues.</p><p>“I have been asked how to pronounce the name of a community in Nunavut, whereas I'm Ojibway. I'm not Inuit. I don't know how to speak Inuktitut,” he said. “But a (former) coworker would assume that I had that knowledge just because I'm another Indian, I guess.”</p>

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23 Oct

Global investigative journalism conference draws record numbers

<p><strong>By Cecil Rosner, Investigative Journalism editor</strong></p><p>Journalists from nearly 90 countries traded stories and techniques at this year’s Global Investigative Journalism Conference, discussing everything from corruption scandals in Ukraine to an undercover expose of child murders in Ghana.</p>

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23 Oct

Globe public editor: A diverse audience and the struggle with language

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Stead_6_1_1.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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23 Oct

CBC annual meeting: How is radio changing?

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22 Oct

Live blog: The Coveted Journey: From Journalist to Bestselling Author

<p>It’s no secret that many  journalists have a book manuscript tucked away. Or a great idea for the Great Canadian Novel.

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22 Oct

Black Press and Glacier Media swap six newspaper titles

<p>Black Press <a href="https://www.facebook.com/myabbynews/posts/683158845042080">bought two publications</a> and sold four titles in separate transactions with Glacier Media. <em>The Abbotsford/Mission Times </em>and the <em>Chilliwack Times</em> will now be part of Black Press, while Glacier Media now owns the <em>North Shore Outlook, </em>the <em>Westender, Bowen Island Undercurrent</em> and <em>South Delta Leader. </em>The sales are set to be completed before the end of the year, according to an internal memo.</p>

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22 Oct

Book Review: Gene Allen’s Making National News cements the influential but little-known role Canadian Press played as a significant cultural force

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Making National News_0.JPG" title="" />Gene Allen | <em>Making National News: A History of Canadian Press</em> | University of Toronto Press | Paperback: $34.95</p><p><strong>Reviewed by Catherine McKercher</strong></p>

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22 Oct

RueMasson.com vit sa première campagne municipale

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://projetj.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Capture2_1.JPG" title="" /><strong>L’équipe du média en ligne, hyperlocal, indépendant et bénévole, qui vise à informer les citoyens du Vieux-Rosemont à Montréal, redouble d’efforts en vue du scrutin du 3 novembre prochain. Et comble ainsi un vide laissé par les récentes coupures dans les hebdos montréalais de TC Media.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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21 Oct

Health Journalism: Balanced but Broken

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21 Oct

Mathew Ingram: Online Journalism: What’s different? What’s the same?

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