Bloomberg News embraces longform journalism in Canada
The news agency’s domestic division looks to features and investigative reporting under former Globe and Mail editor Edward Greenspon
By Erica Commisso The Ottawa office of Bloomberg News is just minutes away from the Rideau Canal and Parliament buildings, directly down the street from the National War Memorial. Most days, this makes for nothing more than a pleasant view. But on October 22, 2014, Bloomberg employees were some of the first to broadcast […]
Kamloops no longer has a daily paper, but it’s no town without news
When the Daily News shut down, it deprived residents of the B.C. city of their regular routine, but not of journalism
By Aimee O’Connor With a ceremonial click of a button, Mel Rothenburger, who’d retired as editor-in-chief in 2012, simultaneously put to bed the last issue of the Kamloops Daily News and an 80-year-old tradition. The front page headline on the January 11 edition read, “I really don’t know what I’m going to do when there’s […]
The coming ethical battle over reporting with drones
Journalists are excited about the possibilities offered by the technology, but the public is wary
By Amanda Panacci It began with an aerial shot of a wheat field. The September 24 lead story on CBC’s The National recounted the horrific murder of three Aboriginal boys near Pefferlaw, Ontario, more than five decades ago. But the brief, beautiful opening visual was noteworthy because it was the first shot aired from CBC’s […]
When I Knew I’d Be A Journalist – CBC Edition
Megan Matsuda asks these two CBC reporters when they knew they would be a journalist.
Is La Presse+ the solution to newspaper woes or a capitulation to advertisers?
A Montreal newspaper's new tablet app is proving popular with readers, but the content may need to become lighter to please the real customers
By Arielle Piat-Sauvé Guy Crevier knew something needed to change when he compared the drop in newspaper revenue to the aging baby-boomer population. The president and publisher of La Presse suspected that as his core readership aged, newspaper sales could decrease significantly. Fearing it was only a matter of time before the traditional newspaper model […]
The Most Tales: Kevin Donovan
Kevin Donovan, investigative reporter at the Toronto Star, tells us about his most memorable moment as a journalist.
Jane Armstrong takes her passion for investigative journalism to The Tyee
The long-time print reporter faces the challenge of following founding editor David Beers at the independent online magazine
By Megan Matsuda Jane Armstrong got chills when she heard Rita Daly’s idea for a new investigative series. The two Toronto Star reporters were at a party, chatting in the backyard. Why, Daly asked, did so few domestic abuse cases result in a conviction? Together with Caroline Mallan, they began an intense, nearly year-long effort […]
Canadian University Press must reinvent itself to stay alive
The world’s oldest student news service is losing members because it no longer gives large papers what they want
By Amy Grief When the sports editor at the Queen’s Journal requested media passes from the school’s athletics department in August, he received one instead of the usual eight. Back in March, the previous sports editor, Nick Faris, reported on how Queen’s University Athletics selected its varsity team of the year after nullifying an original […]
