Archive
15 Jun

The bear facts: A local story goes viral, and speaks volumes about the state of broadcast news

In 2009 the story of a bear sighting in Cleveland became world famous. Not because of the bear, but because of the way the story was covered. Field Notes editor […]

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14 Jun

Five questions for Patrick Brown

Patrick Brown is this year’s Canadian Journalism Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award winner. After being selected from more than 50 nominations, he’ll receive the award at tonight’s 14th annual awards gala. […]

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14 Jun

Five questions for Robert MacNeil

Robert MacNeil’s four-decade long journalism career is full of well-deserved accolades. Now, the former NewsHour host will add another to the list. J-Source talks to tonight’s Canadian Journalism Annual Awards […]

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7 Jun

APTN sharpens its investigative chops

From a tip about a former advisor in the PMO’s office to one of the juiciest political scandals of the year. David McKie talks with Paul Barnsley, executive producer of […]

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26 May

“Occasional screams reminded me of where I was”: Reuters journalist held in Syria

Reuters journalist Suleiman al-Khalidi, a Jordanian citizen, was arrested and held in Syria for four days nearly two months ago. Today, Reuters published a story by Al-Khalidi describing his experience […]

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20 May

Is content really king?

Yesterday, we told J-Source readers to go check out Ira Basen‘s new article in Maisonneuve about algorithms and content farms. Today, Basen shares his thoughts on the top farm, Demand […]

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17 May

Capturing Canada vote: CBC’s election night coverage

Director Steve Pennie captures CBC’s election coverage step-by-step, from the drop of the writ till the lights go out election night. Ah, election night in Canada—the closest thing that CBC […]

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23 Mar

“None of us thought we were going to live”: kidnapped NYT journos

Four New York Times journalists were kidnapped and held for six days while on assignment in Libya. The paper has published a story all four — Anthony Shadid, Lynsey Addario, […]

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15 Mar

When the game ignores your deadline: Freelancing to the buzzer

By Chris Fox I’ve always known journalism can take you to some odd places. I just never thought one of them would be an empty student union building at four […]

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1 Mar

Covering the Heritage Classic: When a sports event becomes a news story

When sports becomes news the rules of the game become blurred. CTV reporter and anchor Reg Hampton reflects on the peculiarities of covering The Heritage Classic in Calgary, and the […]

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