Fresh rulings from the U.K. Press Complaints commission, the first on a complaint over the contentious current reporting on climate change, the second on associating an innocent person with theft:
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Better publishing ideas?
What impact will the iPad or any other digital device have on the future of newspapers? Check out this good exploration:
How journalists do video
Print journalists have been trying - often without success - to master the basic components of shooting video for newspaper websites. Charlie Brooker breaks it down, with some humour (warning - a spot of bad language occurs near the start):
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
S and P sees more trouble ahead for print media
OK, it's a forecast for U.S. media, and Canadian newspapers tend to do a bit better than their American counterparts. All the same, interesting reading ...
News on the web
One of the first all-online political newspapers was the American "Huffington Post," which has garnered financing and respectability. Read a short piece about its founder and her views on 'new' media in today's Toronto Star:
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/755743--website-founder-ahead-of-her-time
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/755743--website-founder-ahead-of-her-time
Monday, January 25, 2010
The missing watchdog
Freedom of information is one area that press councils take seriously. In Ontario, it's part of the press council mandate to defend it and push for access to information from government. Yet the federal government has gone more than six months without a permanent access-to-information watchdog:
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