The latest survey of Canadian online habits offers some interesting reading for the news industry. The Stats Canada survey found that more than two-thirds of Internet users (68%), read or watch the news online. Keeping up with events is one of the top online activities, following e-mail (93%), browsing for goods or services (74%) and electronic banking (68%). The figures also point to rapid uptake of social media in Canada,

Media scholar David Domingo talks about the he co-edited with Chris Paterson, Making Online News: The Ethnography of New Media Production. The volume is a compilation of research into the working routines and values of online journalists. [vodpod id=Groupvideo.1232558&w=425&h=350&fv=] (Shot on a Nokia N95)