Feeling conflicted: tech media’s messy ethics
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Michael Arrington started TechCrunch in 2005, and since then he’s been the driving force of the site, successfully building its reputation as a go-to source for tech news. Last fall,…
Kai Nagata’s back, and he has a plan
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When Kai Nagata quit his job at CTV back in July, reaction from his fellow journalists was mixed. Some praised his bravery in leaving what seemed to be a good…
Say goodbye to the discerning journalist, or “Kids these days…”
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“Does it matter where a story comes from, as long as it makes the news? Apparently it doesn’t matter at all, to many of the latest crop of journalism students…
Journalists who hack (and why you should be one)
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A basic level of digital literacy is essential to anyone working in media today, but some journalists’ computer skills are advanced enough to qualify them as hackers. Gaining access to…
The view from over here
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Do journalists working in various media really perceive each other like the above image suggests? Of course, David Cohn, who made the chart, is having a bit of fun with…
Tim Knight on The National
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Well, okay, Tim Knight wasn’t on The National. At least not lately. But Knight—who wrote, reported for, and produced the show in the ’70s—has a lot to say about its…
A little good news: The NYT paywall is working
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The New York Times’ paywall, which requires readers to subscribe to the site if they read more than 20 stories per month, is exceeding expectations and bringing in significant revenue…
Happy Birthday, Marshall McLuhan
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One hundred years ago today, Herbert Marshall McLuhan was born in Edmonton. By the time he passed in 1980, his profound impact on media and communications theory made him a…
Huffington Post Canada on “content mills”
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Well, this is something. In a post on HuffPo Canada, freelance writer Bob Beaty discusses the value of freelance content sites and asks writers to weigh in on them too….
Is Google+ for you?
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Google+ is still very new, but it’s a big deal in the online world right now, especially amongst journalists. Some people are saying it’s the fastest-growing social network ever and…