A brutal day at Citytv
Rogers has made a decision to retrench in the local TV news it provides through its Citytv stations, and as a result, 60 people are out of jobs — 35 in Toronto.
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A so-so discussion about covering climate change
On Sunday, CBC Radio’s The Sunday Edition held its inaugural Mediaphiles panel, using the occasion to discuss coverage of the climate issue.
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Hait’s earthquake, social media and journalism
On Tuesday, CBC Radio’s Q had a segment on the coverage of the earthquake in Haiti from a social media perspective. The guest was Curtis Brainard of Columbia Journalism Review. Here’s the podcast. It’s worth a listen. Here’s a few quick tweets I made: Brainard did say that social media, while v. valuable in disasters, [...]