On February 17, I was interviewed for CBC News Network on the Twitter campaign against Canadian Public Safety Minister Vic Toews and how social media has changed the way the public interacts with elected officials

Hubert T. Lacroix, President and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada, addressed UBC students on the future of Canadian public broadcasting at the Liu Institute for Global Affairs, UBC, on October 18 2011. In a wide-ranging talk, Lacroix touched on CBC’s mandate, public funding, access to information and the feud with Sun Media

For this month’s Carnival of Journalism, host Andrew Pergam asked “What is the role of online video in the newsroom of the future?” Online video has been around for more than a decade but it has taken some time for journalists that video on the web is not the same as video on television. Best practices of online video are evolving. It is not just about giving all your reporters a Flip cam and asking

The second keynote of the ISOJ was by Meredith Artley, vice president and managing editor, CNN.com She started by stressing the importance of journalism and showed dramatic images of the aftermath of the disaster in Japan. Like for other news organisations, Japan has proved a major draw for CNN. In the 10 days since the Japan quake on March 11, CNN had: 75 million average page views per day on PC

It can be hard to understand Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s seemingly delusional rantings. But this is a leader who has sought to turn Libya into a “jamahiriya” – his vision of a state of the masses. During my time covering the North Africa for the BBC in the early 1990s, I visited Libya a couple of times. One of my TV reports from the time sought to explore how Gaddafi was trying

The UK TV network, Channel 4, has a comedy show starting on January 20 that takes a satirical look at the news. 10 O’Clock Live is described as “an intelligent, informative and – more importantly – funny take on the world of current affairs with a mix of debates, interviews, topical comedy, investigations and opinion pieces.” The line-up of hosts is impressive: Charlie Brooker, Jimmy Carr, Lauren Laverne and David Mitchell.

The revised CBC guidelines on social media are to be welcomed. They are based on the principles CBC applies to other forms of media, rather than a detailed list of do’s and don’ts. The guidelines acknowledge the importance of social media tools “for gathering information, as well as disseminating it.” But add that “when using social media as an information-gathering tool, we apply the same standards as those for any

Looking beyond the hype that normally accompanies news from Apple, the new iPhone 4 has the potential to put a multimedia production suite into the hands of journalists. One of the most significant improvements is the 5 megapixel camera, with the ability to shoot video in 720P HD. The more powerful A4 processor and the new screen resolution will also make it easier and faster to edit video on the

The CBC has released an interim report (PDF) into its news content across television, radio and online. CBC News editor-in-chief Jennifer McGuire said the News Balance Report “adds to a considerable body of research we use to ensure our journalism continues its leading role in establishing and performing to best industry practices.” Among the areas covered by the report is a comparison of the issues covered by TV, radio and

The BBC has revised its guidelines (PDF) on the use of Twitter and other micro-blogging sites by staff. The updated guidance take account of the spread of services like Twitter which were not widespread when the advice was first published in 2008. As well as offering specific advice on friending and retweeting, the guidelines set out the BBC’s social media principles: With conversations, participate online; don’t “broadcast” messages to users