Archive
28 Jul

Citizen Journalism We Need

No sooner had British Petroleum put a cap (for now) on its blown-out gulf oil well than another leak was in the news. On Sunday three prominent publications – the […]

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28 Jul

Magazines Canada redesigns site

The newly-redesigned site for Magazines Canada offers new interactive features, including RSS feeds on specific topics, podcasts and video, industry events and the ability to purchase print or digital magazine […]

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28 Jul

Rogers quarterly results show growth in publishing

Net income for the second quarter of 2010 for Rogers Communications is up 21% (to US78 cents per share) from the same period last  year, while profit from its media […]

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28 Jul

iNeedaGreatStory.com sells ready-made stories

A new website offers editors access to a bank of ready-written stories with illustrations, designed for filling gaps on deadline. iNeedaGreatStory.com described itself in a press release as “a new […]

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28 Jul

Facebook offers tips for media

Facebook developers studied 100 media sites to come up with a list of useful tips for media to make the most out of the social networking site, including how to […]

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28 Jul

Fall fashion mags increase in size

While they’re the first to shed pages when the economy takes a downturn, fashion magazines are also the first to bounce back, as evident in a slew of thicker fall […]

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27 Jul

Scandals at the Telegraph-Journal

Wafergate, plagiarism and unexpected firings: 2009 was full of scandal at the Irvings’ flagship daily. Why Neil Reynolds has been called to the rescue—again. This week we feature Chelsea Murray‘s […]

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27 Jul

Factchecking: Off the rails

Prue Hemelrijk and the golden age of fact-checking—and why magazines will never see such rigour again. This week we feature Suniya Kukaswadia‘s feature for the spring issue of the Ryerson […]

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27 Jul

Afghan photojournalism gets Canadian support

As the war in Afghanistan drags on, Canadians have seen a lot of photos depicting violence and soldiers through the lens of international photojournalists. But what about Afghanistan as seen […]

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27 Jul

What’s in an anchor?

When CTV and Global both announced, within days of each other, that they had found new hosts for their flagship newscasts, a big part of the storyline drew on the […]

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