Feature writer Jason McBride on books and magazines every journalist should read
An exclusive, ongoing RRJ series featuring leading Canadian journalists and their top picks for pieces every journalist “must read,” “must watch” and “must listen” to before they die.
TODAY: Feature writer and editor Jason McBride Jason McBride currently works as a freelance writer and editor in Toronto. He is a former editor at Toronto Life magazine and Coach House books, and his work has appeared in the National Post, CBC.ca, and The Globe and Mail. He recently became a senior editor of Toronto […]
Summer 2011 issue LAUNCH PARTY
We finally made it! Come out to celebrate the release of our Summer 2011 issue. There will be drinking, dancing, mingling, laughing, crying and all sorts of other emotional stuff. Also, we’ll have plenty of copies of the magazine on hand and you’ll have a chance to meet the whole masthead, who spent the last […]
Kathy Vey talks about her favourite pieces of journalism
Kathy Vey is editor-in-chief of OpenFile, Canada’s first collaborative local news site. Vey grew up in Toronto’s east end and has worked for The Ottawa Citizen, Toronto Sun and Canadian Gardening magazine. She also spent many years at the Toronto Star, holding positions like deputy city editor, restaurant critic and assistant national editor. She credits a […]
Facebook launches new page for journalists
Facebook launched a new Journalists on Facebook page on Tuesday, intended to help reporters find sources and advance their stories. According to Justin Osofsky, director of media partnerships, “the Page will provide journalists with best practices for integrating the latest Facebook products with their work and connecting with the Facebook audience of more than 500 […]
Gov’t Subsidy Leaves Small Publications Out
“Why literary magazines should fold.” That was the title of a blog posted by poet and essayist Michael Lista on the National Post last week, discussing the Canadian Periodical Fund (a consolidation of the Canadian Magazine Fund and the Publishing Assistance Program subsidies, which were replaced for the first time in 2010). Recently, one literary […]
Radio news round-up
Here at the RRJ, we’re taking a time off our busy production to update you on the latest in radio news. In recognition of his exceptional journalistic career, the late CityNews anchor and voice of Citytv, Mark Dailey, will be honoured with the 2011 RTNDA Lifetime Achievement Award. The award will be accepted by Mark’s […]
TSN’s James Duthie shares his favourite examples of sports writing
An exclusive, ongoing RRJ series featuring leading Canadian journalists and their top picks for pieces every journalist “must read,” “must watch” and “must listen” to before they die.
TODAY: Sportscaster James Duthie James Duthie is host of the award-winning NHL on TSN. Outside of broadcasting, Duthie’s recent accomplishments include publishing two books in 2010: They Call Me Killer: Tales from Junior Hockey’s Legendary Hall-of-Fame Coach and The Day I (Almost) Killed Two Gretzkys. Rick Reilly: “No Ordinary Joe” (Sports Illustrated, July 2003) “It […]
The ethics of dodging the NYT paywall. Google adds a social layer to search.
So what have people been talking about this week in the digital world? More of the same, but with a few new twists. We reported last week that the New York Times paywall was full of holes. The Nieman Journalism Lab put up a great discussion yesterday about the moral concerns of jumping the paywall, […]
Hearst Corp. Acquires 102 Titles From Lagardere
It’s official — Hearst Corp., a US-based magazine publisher, has bought French publisher Lagardere’s international magazines. The final transaction will take place in months to follow, but the purchase agreement has been signed for a cool $917.7 million US. Hearst has acquired 102 titles in 15 countries — including Elle outside of France and Red […]
It’s Election Time, Canada!
CBC Radio is diving right into the political arena, promising an election coverage smorgasboard. If you’re a political junkie, CBC is promising no less than nine shows which will spend time on the election. Our pick for most interesting CBC election coverage? Rex Murphy’s Cross Country Checkup, Sundays at 4 p.m., Eastern Time. Meanwhile, the BBC […]
