In a world where information can be condensed into a 140-character tweet, the future of long-form journalism looks grim. But newspapers and digital magazines are hoping the growing popularity of tablet technology will fulfill a desire for in-depth, quality reportage and represent a new revenue stream. Last November, the Toronto Star launched Star Dispatches, a service… Continue reading Could your tablet save long-form journalism?
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Up against the walls
Steve Ladurantaye, media reporter at The Globe and Mail, is blunt: “If we don’t find a way to add revenue, then there’s not going to be a newspaper in five years. This goes for the Globe and everyone else. You can’t lose money forever.” Which is why, almost two years after The New York Times introduced its metered subscription model,… Continue reading Up against the walls
Media Tour: Alberta Oil
Crime-reporting blunders
Reported and produced by Siobhan McClelland, with assistance from Ignacio Estefanell and Ahmad Hathout
Media Tour: The Score
Carly Weeks, health reporter at The Globe and Mail, tells the Review about a heartbreaking conversation between a husband and wife that begs us to question our own mortality.