Public radio takes a hit as both NPR and BBC face funding cuts
First up, NPR – chief executive Vivian Schiller resigned this week, after a video of a senior NPR fundraising executive was caught on video blasting Republicans and the Tea Party. The video and the resignation both come at a terrible time for the beleaguered public broadcaster, as the organization is already facing Republican attempts to cut funding. Meanwhile, […]
TIFF Bell Lightbox Offers Documentaries Year-Round
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Missing the variety of documentaries featured at TIFF? Think the only other time to see award-winning documentaries is at Hot Docs? Here is another opportunity to get your fix for in-depth and analytical films throughout the year. Last September, the Toronto International Film Festival opened its very own theatre in downtown Toronto, the Bell Lightbox. They’ve recently had […]
Google Algorithms Revamped
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Google announced two weeks ago that it altered its search algorithms to help weed out low quality results and content farms – sites largely consisting of plagiarized material – and the aftershocks are still being felt across the web. Who exactly won and lost is still subject to analysis and speculation. But for some, the change fell like […]
Canadian Magazine Canadiens Makes International Debut
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Canadian Magazines Canadiens (CMC) has launched its debut issue with the mandate to provide publishing professionals with “innovative ideas, best practices and access to new technologies and investment capital” to 67 countries worldwide — forget starting small. The bilingual magazine is proud to promote the success of Canada’s magazines across the world and is published biannually both in […]
The Latest: Newspapers Mar. 8
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Canadian Newspapers Holding Their Own Despite Doubts A couple weeks ago, the Toronto Star’s David Olive reported newspapers are not only still profitable, but also readership is at record levels. In fact, StatsCan said the pre-tax profit margin for Canadian newspapers last year averaged out to be 9.9 per cent, and 77 per cent of Canadian adults read […]
The Must List: Ian Brown
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: Ian Brown Toronto-based journalist Ian Brown is a roving feature reporter for The Globe and Mail and host of The View From Here, as well as Human Edge, on TVOntario. He won the 2010 Charles Taylor Prize, a $25,000 award that recognizes excellence in non-fiction, for his memoir, The Boy in the Moon: A Father’s Search for his Disabled […]
The Latest: Radio March 7
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Vancouver’s Redeye radio show provides listeners a progressive take on current events. The independent radio program, which has been on air for over 30 years, is broadcast live every Saturday morning on Vancouver Cooperative Radio, CFRO 102.7FM. This week, Redeye features an interview with Ali Abunimah, adviser for the recently established Palestine Advisory Network, who offers insight about Mubarak’s […]
The Balancing Act of Reporting On Foreign Politics
In the past two months, social media outlets and the news have been flooded with accounts of protests and freedom in the Middle East and North Africa. As I write, reporters are cover efforts by the Canadian government to get its citizens out of Libya. But are audiences missing out? What constraints are mainstream media […]
The Latest: TV/Docs March 4
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We often find hidden gems on the National Film Board website. From black and white documentaries set in the 1920’s to feature-length pieces examining current events, the free site is an easy way to get more in-depth than a one-minute news segment can offer. To give you a taste, we’ll share two documentaries and what they add to the […]
The Latest: Online March 3
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Mark your calendars. Our friends at DigitalJournal.com recently announced the date of their next conference — April 6, 2011 at the Drake Hotel Underground. The Future of Media is a series of panel discussions about how current trends, technologies and innovations in social media affect us. It’s held in Toronto twice every year, usually in […]
