Journalism is serious business. Except when it’s funny—then it’s hilarious. For most of the week, this blog will bring you hard-hitting, thoughtful, unimaginably brilliant analysis of media issues. Then Friday will come, and we’ll post bloopers — or rather, anything else that’s funny and hopefully vaguely related to journalism. Sound like a deal? For our first edition,… Continue reading Friday Funny: Classic edition
When Twitter becomes the news
Sometimes, how the story was broken becomes a story in itself. First, yesterday’s big news was that Postmedia News offered the National Post‘s entire newsroom buyouts. An internal memo, sent to all Post staff last Friday, informed employees they had until the end of this week to accept the deal, which offers three weeks of pay per year on… Continue reading When Twitter becomes the news
The RRJ’s journalism blog: not an oxymoron
Amongst some journalists, you’ll still witness a slight shutter at the mention of bloggers. It’s not that they feel challenged anymore (the threat of citizen journalism is so 2008) or fear for their jobs. But, whether they’ll cop to it or not, there’s still a sense that blogging is not “real” journalism. But this sentiment… Continue reading The RRJ’s journalism blog: not an oxymoron
Patti Tasko unveils 2010 CP Style Guide
Alec Bain speaks to Canadian Press editor Patti Tasko about the 16th edition of the Canadian Press Stylebook and how the new gCP Style Guide is redefining journalism while remaining loyal to traditional journalistic policy.uide tackles the internet and new media. Every two years the Canadian Press comes out with a national guide for Canadian journalists on… Continue reading Patti Tasko unveils 2010 CP Style Guide
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Why Didn’t I Know this Africa?
In the 1970s, there was Idi Amin. The vicious dictator made big news in the West with his brutal murders, rapes and torture of Ugandan citizens. Amin was ousted in 1979 and a few years of further instability ensued. In 1986, the current president, Yoweri Museveni, took over. The Globe and Mail praised him for… Continue reading Why Didn’t I Know this Africa?
