Ignorance in the information age

by | Nov 13, 2015 | Industry News | 0 comments

Are we staring a giant paradox in the face? Visionaries tell us that we now live in an information age, indeed an age of info-glut. Yet the students living in the world’s most powerful and lethal country do not have much of a clue about the world out there. The US...

Online communities strengthen journalism

by | Nov 12, 2015 | Industry News | 0 comments

Good sources have always been the lifeblood of good journalism. And today, sources are available as never before. Jeff Jarvis says the modern journalist’s role should increasingly become that of community organiser. It pays off for both: engaging audiences improves...

Postmedia, Sun papers will be shacking up

by | Nov 12, 2015 | Industry News | 0 comments

The rumour is true: Postmedia is merging its daily newspapers with Sun papers in some cities — or, perhaps more correctly, “co-locating” them. “We actually have fully co-located our teams in Edmonton (into the Edmonton Journal building), sales and marketing teams in...

Facebook and Twitter are killing the open web

by | Nov 10, 2015 | Industry News | 0 comments

Here’s one way to understand the symbiotic relationship between publications and platforms in the digital age. Publications depend on advertising dollars to keep producing content, so they need to hold readers’ attention. Big platforms like Facebook and Twitter...