When CBC moved into Hamilton, Ontario, local journalist Joey Coleman couldn’t compete. He decided “I’m done. I am going to stop covering news.” That meant saying goodbye to a readership gained from work with Maclean’s, The Globe and Mail and The Hamilton Spectator. But when people offered to fund him themselves in the fall of… Continue reading Can Kickstarter and Indiegogo deliver a new way to pay for journalism?
Category: Online Exclusives
Journalism’s empty calories: why some personal essays leave us feeling guilty
One of Hazlitt’s most popular pieces is also one of its most hated. Last July, the Random House of Canada online publication ran “How to make love in America,” a 3,619-word personal account by Sarah Nicole Prickett about her transience in her 20s. The piece had no interviews, no research and no original reporting. It… Continue reading Journalism’s empty calories: why some personal essays leave us feeling guilty
How the Newsmaker of the Year Becomes the Controversy of the Day
In mid-November, Andrew Lundy, director of digital at The Canadian Press, sent an internal email to about 20 bureau chiefs, department heads and news editors asking them to come up with nominees for Newsmaker of the Year. A week later, he had a list of 18 candidates, including Rob Ford, senators, Chris Hadfield, Alice Munro,… Continue reading How the Newsmaker of the Year Becomes the Controversy of the Day
Does political neutrality really mean journalists can’t act in self-defence?
Last spring, the Canadian Media Guild (CMG) began working the phones. For two days, union staff called academics and journalists, seeking speakers for a press conference and signatories to a letter they’d drafted. Proposed federal legislation, ensconced in omnibus budget Bill C-60, would allow the government to get involved in collective bargaining at Crown corporations,… Continue reading Does political neutrality really mean journalists can’t act in self-defence?
Camera, Set, Activism! Ideology goes to the movies
By Amelia Brown When Adam Nayman wrote about the Swedish version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo in 2009, his editor at Eye Weekly wasn’t happy. The review criticized the movie’s “fake feminism,” arguing the brutal violence against a woman was rendered moot after she beat the perpetrator even more viciously. But the editor wondered whether these criticisms… Continue reading Camera, Set, Activism! Ideology goes to the movies