“The rumours of our death were exaggerated,” announced the Town Crier in its September 2013 issue. The Toronto community newspaper’s parent company, Multimedia Nova, had gone into receivership in May, but five former employees bought and resurrected the publication by the end of July. “It’s always been our view the Crier could sell its advertising… Continue reading Staying Alive: how the Town Crier started dancing to its own beat
The Most Tales: Harvey Cashore
Harvey Cashore, senior producer of CBC’s investigative unit, tells the Review about an unlikely call that could have cost him his job.
Globe and Mail cuts horoscopes, entering an Age of Aquarius, or something
This week, Venus formed an aspect with Mars, and The Globe and Mail announced that it will no longer run horoscopes in its print edition (except on Saturdays). We’re not sure whether those two events are related, or even what the first means, but it’s good news nonetheless. The first newspaper horoscope appeared in a… Continue reading Globe and Mail cuts horoscopes, entering an Age of Aquarius, or something
Can Kickstarter and Indiegogo deliver a new way to pay for journalism?
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?
Going to Sochi? Leave your phone at home: advice for reporting in Putin’s Russia
With journalists set to descend on Sochi for the Winter Olympics, privacy experts are raising red flags about Russia’s omniscient security apparatus. As The Guardianfirst reported in October, Russia is “modernizing” its SORM system, which the country’s security agency, the FSB, uses to monitor phone and Internet communications. (The agency does not need judicial approval… Continue reading Going to Sochi? Leave your phone at home: advice for reporting in Putin’s Russia
