Why So Silent? What the Margaret Wente Accusations Say About Canadian Media | Toronto Standard

I’m no Margaret Wente fan, but I have nothing invested in this story being either true or false. If it’s true, I should have heard about it before someone posted a link to this article on Facebook. If it’s false, I should have heard about it before someone posted a link to this article on Facebook. The fact that I only heard about it when somebody posted this article suggests to me that the author’s point, once reached in this article, is well made. And maddening.

Why So Silent? What the Margaret Wente Accusations Say About Canadian Media | Toronto Standard.

Two cheers for our political journalism | iPolitics

No golden age of political journalism? I agree. But given what this columnist says about the greater education of and resources available to today’s political journalists, I would expect to see more policy than politics, and less pack reporting, a little more outside-the-bubble context. … I say that as a consumer; I’ve never worked on the Hill.

Two cheers for our political journalism | iPolitics.

Survey: Public prefers news from professional journalists | Poynter.

Survey: Public prefers news from professional journalists | Poynter..
So there, my citizen-journalist-loving former industry.

Laid Off? 10 Tips For Suddenly Unemployed Journalists – Recovering Journalist

This is a good article — I’ve said most of these things at one time or another myself, and am patting myself on the back for my smarts — but the really interesting thing about this are the comments, especially the last one, from a journalist who was near retirement age when she was laid off. She became a security guard to supplement her severance/unemployment/pension and says it woke her up to what she should be doing, and all in all the lesson she learned is “you are not what you do.” That was a good one.

 

Laid Off? 10 Tips For Suddenly Unemployed Journalists – Recovering Journalist.

A Vision for the Future of Newspapers—20 Years Ago – Recovering Journalist

A Vision for the Future of Newspapers—20 Years Ago – Recovering Journalist.

Wondermark » Archive » #862; In which Jeremy has Standards

Wondermark » Archive » #862; In which Jeremy has Standards.

Postmedia sheds costs with shift to Hamilton – The Globe and Mail

The future of newspapers is apparently “no news.”

 

Postmedia sheds costs with shift to Hamilton – The Globe and Mail.