Carine Abouseif

The Washington Post wants to put “wheels on luggage,” not a man on the moon

The Washington Post wants to put “wheels on luggage,” not a man on the moon

Martin moves the Post in a new digital direction that focuses on smaller details

“If you talk about what used to be, we’re going to be what used to be.” That’s what Martin Baron, executive editor of the Washington Post, tells his staff. Last week, the Canadian Journalism Foundation held its last talk of the year at Ryerson University, where the National Post’s Anne Marie Owens interviewed Baron about the Washington Post’s digital […]

 Carine Abouseif

Snapchat: From the home to the newsroom

Snapchat: From the home to the newsroom

In the second of RRJ's two-part series on "Journalism via Snapchat," Carine Abouseif looks at how Canadian journalists are using the app to create news stories

The little ghosts of Snapchat have been taking over my Twitter feed this last month. We’ve talked about how Snapchat is being used for a kind of citizen journalism. But not much has been said about how professional journalists and news outlets are using the app—at least not in Canada. These little white ghosts on […]