NYT’s Olympic musical is a symphony of one note, repeated often
The New York Times doesn’t want us to read anymore. With the 2010 Winter Olympics at a close, the highly regarded paper decided to lose the usual results bar graph and make an audio presentation for its website instead. You can hear how close the silver medalist came to taking home the gold, with each piano key-like sound […]
Andy Barrie has left the building
CBC Toronto’s Metro Morning host Andy Barrie is officially off the airwaves. The revered radio man hosted his last show Thursday but came back this morning to be interviewed by Matt Galloway and serenaded by Moxy Fruvous. Dedicated Toronto listeners are mourning his departure after a 45-year career, first in private radio, then at CBC. “Andy […]
Spot.us changes—for the better?
Spot.us has taken up the cause of the underprivileged journalist. The “community powered reporting” website that provides journalists with funding to pursue stories has announced that contributors will soon be able to donate their time and knowledge to an article, instead of just their money. Is it an innovative way to promote journalism (granted, an industry in […]
Think the Americans miss CBC’s Olympic coverage? So do we
Not loving CTV’s Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games coverage? According to writer Joanne C. Gerstner, even our friends down South are peeved by the loss of the Olympic coverage bid by CBC. Gerstner’s article, posted on both The New York Times and Toronto Star, says people who live near the 49th parallel have become used to watching CBC […]
Media bonanza! Slate maps the news, and Shaw beats rivals for Canwest
Do you like dots? And colours? And buttons you can click on? If yes, Slate Magazine’s News Dots social network map is for you! The map, which uses tagging software from Thomson Reuters, connects people, places and things mentioned in stories based on how frequently they appear, and presents the results as a social network web bonanza. It might […]
We’ve got competition
An anonymous citizen-shot video capturing the death of Neda Agha-Soltan during last year’s Iranian election protest has won the prestigious George Polk Award for Videography Tuesday–meaning that paid journalists really must enhance their efforts to produce quality work. In the 40-second video, a woman is seen lying on the street, surrounded by men with their […]
Somebody’s rolling in a grave—just not Lightfoot
Canadian folk fans across the nation mourned singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot this afternoon after news of his death circulated on the internet and onto the sites of Canwest publications. Everyone was shocked. Especially Lightfoot, who heard of his own demise on the radio and spoke about it on CP24 a half hour after receiving the news. […]
Throwaway fashion
Shed your petty pound problems alongside your fashion mags. That is what the National Eating Disorder Information Centre is encouraging Torontonians to do at the corner of Queen Street West and Soho Street with its streetcar shelter ad that serves as a transparent trash receptacle for fashion magazines. Set against a bright fuchsia backdrop the […]
A Frozen Sanctuary?
Wikileaks, the non-profit disclosure website, in conjunction with the Icelandic Modern Media Initiative, are proposing legislation to the Icelandic government that would offer greater protection for journalists and their sources. The proposed legal changes would benefit investigative journalists, anti-corruption organizations and human rights groups. Specifics should include legal protection for whistleblowers and other sources. In […]
