Star editor slams Globe cover

February 17, 2011 Editor Event eventmassey collegetoronto star

We hear that Star editor Michael Cooke made fun of the the Globe over its choice of chocolate over Egypt for an above-the-fold cover story last week - in the middle of the African country's revolution. Cooke was speaking at Toronto's Massey College. A little bird told us he said something like "If the Globe knows what it's doing, then I'm in real trouble."

Any other nuggets from last night? Please put them into the comments section...

Let me take this job, or shove it

February 16, 2011 Editor Bit of fun hunter s thompsonvancouver sun

Here's an interesting tidbit that’s recently gone viral: a letter from Hunter S. Thompson looking for work at the Vancouver Sun. Reading it is a treat, as reading HST (nearly) always is. The letter is from 1958 - more than a decade before Hunter achieved his first taste of fame notoriety with Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. It takes a…

New Globe and Mail policy affects freelancers

February 15, 2011 Editor Journalism canadian writers groupchatelainefreelance contractsglobe and mailmagazinessouthern ontario newsmedia guildtoronto lifetrouble spots

John Stackhouse, executive editor at the Globe and Mail, has reportedly told Globe staffers they can no longer freelance for Toronto Life and Chatelaine because the magazines are now considered “competitors.” What’s more, the same policy applies may soon apply to freelancers who contribute to the paper, most of whom don’t earn enough…

Minding the gender gap in literary publishing

February 15, 2011 Editor News gendermagazinespublishingstudiestrouble spots

Earlier this month, VIDA released The Count 2010, a breakdown of women’s representation in a number of literary publications. Though not comprehensive, the study casts a light on the wide gender gap in the industry, revealing — in easy to digest pie charts — who is getting published where. For example, 36 men had their books reviewed in The…

Get your CAJ award submissions in today

February 15, 2011 Editor Journalism awardscanadian association of journalists

Submissions for the Canadian Association of Journalists annual awards must be postmarked today. You can download an application here. Print, broadcast and photojournalism submissions must have been published or broadcast during the 2010 calendar year. The CAJ/CNW Group Student Award of Excellence deadline is February 28, 2011. Award winners…

Canadians do like their newspapers

February 14, 2011 Editor News freelance contractsnewspapers

A column on Moneyville is bullish on newspapers. David Olive reports that 77% of Canadian adults read a print or online version of a newspaper at least once a week and newspaper readership has gone up by 3.7% in the last five years. Not only that, but people in the "top ten" markets spend 3.8 hours per week with printed newspapers (and a bit less…

“Hey Arianna, Can You Spare a Dime?”

February 14, 2011 Editor News aolhuffington posttoronto startrouble spots

California freelancers have started a Facebook group to ask Arianna Huffington to share some of her $350 million windfall from the recent sale of the Huffington Post to AOL. The episode is a stark lesson for those writers who thought that simply being allowed to contribute to this revolutionary media form was compensation enough. The new media is…

Writers and editors: the eternal dance

February 11, 2011 Editor News

Every writer can benefit from having additional eyeballs checking over his/her work prior to publication, but that doesn’t mean that relationships between writers and editors always go smoothly. Globe & Mail columnist Russell Smith opines on the issue at…

Content=journalism adulterated into mere commodity

February 09, 2011 Editor Journalism aolhuffington post

Tim Rutten skewers AOL and the Huffington Post in today's LA Times. The company and blog are a match made in journalism hell. Both have contributed to reducing online journalism to a slight commodity that exploits desperate journalists, many of whom lost their jobs - and benefits and pensions - in the traditional media. Here's the conclusion…

Don’t drop rule against false and misleading news

February 09, 2011 Editor Journalism canadian media guildcrtcjournalism ethics

The CRTC must withdraw the proposed weakening of a regulation that bans false and misleading news from the airwaves and call a public hearing on broadcast news, says the Canadian Media Guild. “The Commission appears to be proposing to give (broadcasters) free rein to lie and mislead the Canadian public in the guise of delivering news,” the CMG…