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If you’re interested in future journalism, particularly the ‘open’ model, check out the Moby Dick Project sometime. It poses this question: Why are we still consuming the news like it’s 1899? That links to a May 23, 2011 blog post by Ben Huh of I Can Has Cheezburger fame.
Sat, April 14 2012 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
Here is a ‘Storified’ collection of tweets from Guardian editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger setting out operating principles for the practice of “open journalism.”
Thu, April 12 2012 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
A couple items rolled through my Twitter feed this weekend that are worth checking out in the ongoing battle between the digerati and those rooted in the ways of print and ink.
Mon, April 9 2012 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
The Globe and Mail’s Gary Mason said the Wildrose Alliance party, the presumed frontrunner in the Alberta provincial election, isn’t restraining itself to correcting matters of fact.
Wed, April 4 2012 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
OpenFile.ca‘s Sarah Millar examined how reporters go about covering highly disturbing trials, such as the current one of Michael Rafferty in connection with the sex killing of Woodstock, Ont.’s Tori Stafford.
Fri, March 16 2012 » Main Page, Media » 2 Comments
In the wake of the controversial Stop Kony video campaign aimed at accused African war criminal Joseph Kony, which has garnered more than 78 million YouTube views and counting, Globe and Mail writer Simon Houpt suggests that the term “mainstream media” is now obsolete. Maybe a corollary issue is that effectively-distributed propaganda, even the well-meaning [...]
Wed, March 14 2012 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
It was probably the most disturbing day of testimony heard in a Canadian court since evidence was presented in the Russell Williams case. So how did reporters handle the job of tweeting the evidence in the first-degree murder trial of Michael Rafferty in connection with the death of Woodstock, Ont. girl Tori Stafford? I looked [...]
Wed, March 14 2012 » Main Page, Media » 3 Comments
The Guardian newsroom is trying to turn the journalistic model on its head, allowing its audience to help contribute to the production of news stories.
Thu, March 8 2012 » Main Page, Media » 2 Comments
A few items that I saw over the past week and didn’t have time to post:
Thu, February 23 2012 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
Globe and Mail Middle East correspondent Patrick Martin on the deaths of reporter Marie Colvin and photographer Remi Ochlik in Homs, Syria.