G20 coverage and Twitter
The Toronto Star’s Antonia Zerbisias, a voluminous tweeter herself, touts Twitter as having provided the best G20 news coverage. But in the her Twitter fangirl-ness, Zerbisias overlooks some salient points.
Sun, July 11 2010 » Main Page, Media » 7 Comments
Ira Basen on when everyone’s a journalist
Many of the self-described journalists who feel most hard-done-by at the G20 Summit work in the alternative sphere, notes veteran journalist and author Ira Basen. It’s a different world when virtually anyone can call themselves a journalist or pronounce themselves to be doing journalism. And the blurring line between being a journalist and being an activist is also [...]
Wed, July 7 2010 » Main Page, Media » 1 Comment
Journalists, protests and Blatchford
Globe and Mail columnist Christie Blatchford offered her thoughts on why she has no sympathy for “self-anointed journalists” who had a tough go of it during the G20 Summit on June 26 and 27. I offer my thoughts as to why she misses the point and raise a few other issues for discussion.
Sun, July 4 2010 » Main Page, Media » 6 Comments
The G20 clusterf*ck and the news media
Many Toronto journalists got to find out this past weekend how much protection a media pass provides from police when the going gets a bit tough, as it during the G20 Summit. The answer? Not much.
Wed, June 30 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
My most retweeted photo ever
I took this photo of the window of a shop on the north side of Queen Street West, just slightly east of Manning Avenue, on Saturday night: As of this posting, people had clicked on it more than 1,260 times on Twitpic. Here was the scene about one kilometre east:
Tue, June 29 2010 » Main Page, Minutiae, photos » Comments Off