Now on J-Source: Firings at CTV BC; Sun Media commentary; Public letter to OpenFile

TORONTO, Nov. 22, 2012 /CNW/ – FEATURES

J-News

CTV British Columbia fires general manager and news director

Last week, CTV British Columbia fired vice-president and general manager
Tom Haberstroh and news director Margo Harper. He had worked for the
network for 31 years; she for 12. Rhiannon Russell reports.

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J-News

Job cuts at Sun Media gut local news, argues former editor

Former Toronto Sun editorial page editor Rob Granatstein laments Sun Media’s 500 job cuts, saying they have “crushed local
newsrooms.” The Sun, he argues, seems to be “ceding any advantage” it had as a local
newspaper to its competitors.

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The Business of Journalism

OpenFile freelancers still not paid, but public letter prompts “open
channel” of communication

In a rare act of freelancer solidarity, six writers for OpenFile
Montreal signed their names to a public letter, calling on the start-up
to pay them. As Rhiannon Russell finds, that hasn’t happened yet, but for now they’re happy with regular
updates from OpenFile CEO Wilf Dinnick.

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Field Notes

Public spheres, public spaces and “shit storms”

For journalists in particular, understanding the impact of what we say
and do on the Internet is now an essential skill. But is it even
possible to predict reaction to an offhand comment or in-depth story,
or determine how much of an event is reflected in the social media
swarm that takes over stories like the uprising in Egypt? That type of
online discourse was the focus of the New Media and the Public Sphere
conference in Copenhagen. Nicole Blanchett Neheli was there, and captures the dialogue in a Storify.

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Ideas

How I got the photo: NNA winner Rich Lam on the Vancouver riots’ kissing
couple

Once Rich Lam‘s photo of a couple kissing during the Stanley Cup riots in Vancouver
in 2011 went viral, its authenticity was questioned. Lam discusses the
impact unethical photographers and editors can have on photojournalism
as a whole.

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EVENTS CALENDAR

        --  Nov. 22: A Bitter Taste of Freedom: Film Screening and Director Q&A, ON
        --  Nov. 22: CJF J-Talk: Keeping You on the Tube: The Mission of Broadcast
             News, ON
        --  Nov. 24: New Canadian Media Professionals' Network Event, ON
        --  Nov. 27: Samara Seminar with Sasha Issenberg, ON
        --  Nov. 28: Beyond the Front Page: Reporting on Human Development in
             Afghanistan, Toronto, ON
        --  Nov 29: Beyond the Front Page: Reporting on Human Development in
             Afghanistan, Ottawa, ON
        --  Nov 29: Syria: Visions for Tomorrow, ON

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