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Russell Williams – once an Air Force colonel, now a convicted murderer and sex offender – has been deemed Canada’s newsmaker of the year. However, the news managers who chose him many be confusing the news with the newsmaker.
Thu, December 23 2010 » Main Page, Media » 3 Comments
Steve Buttry of Washington’s TBD.com profiles Canadian Craig Silverman of Regret The Error fame — but also a man who has cobbled together a living wearing many hats simultaneously.
Sun, December 5 2010 » Main Page, Media » 4 Comments
The Torontoist got spanked over a photo gallery about strippers on break at Zanibar Tavern on Yonge St., and the Toronto Star’s public editor took the paper to task over an odd feature on Pierre Trudeau’s daughter. In both cases, the issue was invasion of privacy.
Sun, November 28 2010 » Media, Minutiae » Comments Off
Toronto Star public editor Kathy English launched an impassioned defence of her newspaper’s series into how the Special Investigations Unit reviews police use of force. But is that her job?
Mon, November 8 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
My last post was about the emphemeral nature of online life and relationships. This one is about outright fakery.
Tue, November 2 2010 » * Big Picture Stuff, Main Page, Media, politics » 9 Comments
The Toronto Star ran a photo of convicted murderer Russell Williams in a young girl’s underwear, juxtaposed with a photo of him in the dress military garb he once wore as commander of CFB Trenton. Kathy English, the Star’s public editor, thinks the paper made the right call, despite the outcry.
Sat, October 23 2010 » Main Page, Media » 1 Comment
The Toronto Star’s Antonia Zerbias has her own take on the challenges of covering gruesome court cases with new tools such as Twitter. Mine came on Oct. 20: Covering the unthinkable in a social media age Here’s a quote from Zerbisias’s piece. The source is Joanna Smith, the Ottawa-based Star reporter who covered the Russell [...]
Sat, October 23 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
As I approached work Tuesday, I read the tweets of the Toronto Star’s Joanna Smith who is covering the Col. Russell Williams sentencing hearing. I sent her the following: @smithjoanna Great tweets, but you’re breaking my heart. :( What a tragic story. #ColRW Didn’t get a response, but she did tweet the following late Tuesday: Debate tonight [...]
Wed, October 20 2010 » * Big Picture Stuff, Main Page, Media » 3 Comments
Craig Silverman of Regret The Error has had a busy past few days. The Washington D.C. website TBD.com had one of its writers come up with a classic correction, as reported Friday by Silverman in the Toronto Star: “This blog post originally stated that one in three black men who have sex with me is [...]
Mon, October 18 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
Author and journalism academic Dan Gillmor asks whether the words “journalist” and “journalism” apply in a world when everyone is capable of creating content.
Mon, August 30 2010 » Main Page, Media » 5 Comments
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