By Allison Elkin Three heat maps with the accompanying titles “Our Sites’ Users,” “Subscribers to Martha Stewart Living” and “Consumers of Furry Pornography” look exactly the same to the untrained eye. The subjects seems to be directly related. But they’re not—maps purporting to show user data or subscribers with multi-coloured blobs are sometimes just regular… Continue reading Don’t let the pretty pictures fool you: journalists need to take care with infographics
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Whose brand is it anyway?
Last summer, The Globe and Mail wanted to introduce a drastic change: editorial staff writing and editing advertorial copy as part of their regular duties. If this branded content proposal became a mandate, journalists would serve advertisers rather than their readers. It might have happened at the Globe if the unionized staff did not take… Continue reading Whose brand is it anyway?
Bloomberg News embraces longform journalism in Canada
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… Continue reading Bloomberg News embraces longform journalism in Canada
Kamloops no longer has a daily paper, but it’s no town without news
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… Continue reading Kamloops no longer has a daily paper, but it’s no town without news
Is La Presse+ the solution to newspaper woes or a capitulation to advertisers?
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… Continue reading Is La Presse+ the solution to newspaper woes or a capitulation to advertisers?