Category: Blog

Death. Destruction. Despair. These are all things that could deter someone from opening up a daily newspaper. It’s news, but in a world where “if it bleeds it leads,” news can make the world seem downright depressing. The Huffington Post now has a solution. On January 12 it announced the creation of an entire section dedicated… Continue reading Arianna Huffington brings the “Good News”

I recently read a really interesting piece about media ethics in the January/February 2012 of The Atlantic. The article, “Freed Press,” is writer Graeme Wood’s personal account of teaching said ethics to a group of about 50 young (under 30) Libyan journalists. Wood writes that about 100 independent magazines and newspapers are published in the Libyan city of Benghazi, which is a… Continue reading Thoughts on freed press: Libyan media

We’ve all done it; inserted a “smiley-face” at the end of a flirtatious text message or a “sad-face” emoticon after a friend has poured her heart out online because, let’s face it, you weren’t really paying attention and didn’t know what else to type back. Modern day emoticons that many of people use on a day-to-day… Continue reading A picture is worth a thousand keystrokes

Jim Wilkes, or “Newsboy,” as he is called at the Toronto Star, said farewell to his colleagues on January 13 after more than 36 years as a photographer and reporter for the publication. To commemorate his long career, the Star said goodbye in both a print article and a blog post, which featured some of Wilkes’s most memorable works as… Continue reading The Toronto Star bids its beloved “Newsboy” adieu

t doesn’t look like it’s getting any easier to be a journalist. The Halifax Media Group, which bought a chain of small and medium-sized American newspapers from the New York Times Company for $143 million, has been getting national attention for a string of corporate decisions. The first was on January 9, when it was reported that the… Continue reading Halifax Media thinks you’re a sloppy dresser