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26 Jun

Cars swept away, newsroom evacuated — how Calgary newsrooms dealt with the worst flood in Alberta’s history

Three journalists from the Calgary Herald watched their cars get swept away by floodwaters while reporting on the scene. The entire CBC Calgary newsroom was evacuated and found a temporary home elsewhere so that broadcasts could continue. Those are just a couple of examples of what news organizations and their journalists went through to cover the worst flood in Alberta’s history.

9 Nov

Five questions for Shari Graydon

Much has been made over the lack of women’s bylines in the opinion pages, but what about the number of women pontificators? We talk to <a href="http://www.informedopinions.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Informed Opinions</a> founder Shari Graydon about the dearth of women experts, the elusive “female voice”, and why we should care.J-Source: Tell me more about why you started Informed Opinions. What finally pushed you to do it?

2 Oct

How to measure content

The Maynard Institute For Journalism Education has prepared a set of worksheets and content audit forms called Reality Checks, that you can use to measure and discuss how accurately your […]

2 Oct

Minorities 13.6% in U.S. dailies, but 3.4% in Canada

The percentage of minority journalists working in America’s daily newsrooms declined slightly to 13.62 percent in 2007, according to the American Society of Newspaper Editors annual newsroom census. Nearly 57,000 […]