Nicole Schmidt is the online handling editor of the Spring 2016 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism Blurred Lines
As foreign bureaus close, think tanks and aid agencies help keep international reporting alive—but journalists risk their credibility when they depend on the agendas of others
As foreign bureaus close, think tanks and aid agencies help keep international reporting alive—but journalists risk their credibility when they depend on the agendas of others
The robots are coming
As the technology of robo-journalism improves, news organizations need to move ahead with caution
We live in an era of self-driving cars and light-up hoverboards. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that robots are starting to replace professions that were once viewed as invaluable—financial advisers, surgeons and reporters all have automated equivalents. This doesn’t mean that all journalists are going to be replaced by typing WALL-E replicas, but it […]
Temporarily live from Moscow
To maintain a news presence in faraway lands, some organizations are looking to pop-up bureaus as a solution
Last week, CBC journalists Susan Ormiston, Corinne Seminoff and Jean-Francois Bisson made the 12-hour trek to CBC’s new pocket bureau in Moscow, Russia, where they’ll spend the next three months documenting the transformation of Russian society under Vladimir Putin’s leadership. “Moscow is a place we haven’t been for many years,” says CBC managing editor Greg […]
Full Immersion
From Syria to street protests, virtual reality technology lets us experience stories as if we were really there, but not without ethical concerns
The streets of downtown Montreal are cluttered with protestors chanting, “Fuck the police!” Traces of the sun filter out from behind department store buildings as anti-capitalists rally for International Workers’ Day. Spectators capture footage of police spraying a thick cloud of tear gas into the crowd, which sends people running. Marie-Espérance Cerda interviews protestors and […]
Snapchat: From questionable selfies to quality storytelling
In the first of RRJ's 2-part series on "Journalism via Snapchat," Nicole Schmidt suggests that people with smartphones are increasingly important in a journalism landscape where budgets for foreign reporters have diminished
It’s 8:51 p.m. in Athens, just minutes before the decision on whether Greece should accept financial help from the rest of Europe will be announced. A cell phone captures footage of the crowds gathered outside the parliament building—some hold signs with the words “no, ox!” printed in bold black letters; others carry brightly-coloured flags that […]
