I’ve just heard that Reportr.net has won a Best Blog award at the Canadian Online Publishing Awards in Toronto. It is an honour to be recognised as among the best in online media in Canada. I would like to thank the judges, drawn from highly respected industry professionals and experts from Canada and the U.S., for the recognition. Two other projects that I supervised at the UBC Graduate School of Journalism
PDF This blog is one of the finalists in the Canadian Online Publishing Awards. Reportr.net is nominated in the “Best Blog” category in the business-to-business, professional association, farm, scholarly division. The other finalists in this category are Sparksheet and University Affairs It is an honour to be nominated for the awards, which recognize excellence in online editorial and innovation by Canadian magazine, newspaper, broadcast and website publishers. Here are my three posts
The surprise news that the head of CBC English services, Richard Stursberg, was leaving his post dominated Twitter in Canada on Friday. Within hours of the official announcement, Richard Stursberg was the top trending topic in the country. The news of the immediate change at the top of CBC provoked more of a discussion on Twitter other more usual topics, such as Emma Watson and Megan Fox. No reason was
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
In my latest post for PBS Mediashift, I discuss two recent developments in the Canadian media landscape. This week was marked by the purchase of the Canwest newspapers and the launch of OpenFile: Two Canadians took a gamble that local news still matters this week. The two represent the hopes of both old and new media. One was a $1.1 billion buyout (in Canadian dollars) of Canada’s largest newspaper chain,
It’s almost time for the 11th International Symposium on Online Journalism at UT Austin, which kicks off on Friday 23 April. The event brings together professionals, academics and students to share experiences, research and ideas on journalism and its future. I’m honoured to be among those presenting a paper at the conference, Wikifying the CBC: Reimagining the remit of public service media (PDF), with one of my graduate students, Amanda
This comScore briefing on the digital media landscape in Canada has valuable data about what Canadians go online. The presentation delves into social media, video and mobile. comScore Briefing – State of the Digital Media Universe View more presentations from AchillesMedia. (Via Newslab.ca) Print
The Canadian Association of Journalists is holding a one-day conference in Toronto on Saturday 30 January on the theme of innovating the news. The aim is to learn about “emerging techniques, technologies and models to transform journalism for the 21st century”. There is a great line-up and I’m honoured to have been asked to participate. I’ll be holding a session on social media principles and practice, which is a lot
I’m very pleased to announce that Eric Ulken, a former editor from the Los Angeles Times, is joining the UBC Graduate School of Journalism. Eric is coming as the Canwest Visiting Professor for 2009-2010. He spent four years at the LA Times as managing news editor for latimes.com and as editor of interactive technology. He is known in online journalism circles for developing new ways of collecting, organizing and presenting
I’m very pleased to announce that UBC Graduate School of Journalism has been awarded a $15,000 grant to work with CBC Radio 3 to research and develop a Canadian music wiki website. The aim is to create a “Wikipedia” of Canadian music that will enable Canadians to share their passion and enthusiasm for music, collaborating together to create a rich, online resource. I’m excited to be supervising the partnership, with