Episodes
Friday Jan 24, 2014
CJF J-Talk: Turning Digital Into Dollars
Friday Jan 24, 2014
Friday Jan 24, 2014
Jan. 23, 2014, Toronto - Traditional newspaper outlets are throwing up paywalls, pouring
resources into digital, and increasing the amount of sponsored
content—all in an effort to find a sustainable business model for
journalism. The question is: What’s working? Canada’s top publishers Phillip Crawley, publisher of The Globe and Mail; John Cruickshank, publisher of the Toronto Star; Gerry Nott, senior vice-president of the eastern region, Postmedia Network; and André Pratte, editorial pages editor of La Presse, discussed revenue mixes and models in a shifting media landscape. Joshua Benton, director of the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University, moderated this discussion.
Friday Nov 29, 2013
Celebrity Journalism: Guilty Pleasure or Real News?
Friday Nov 29, 2013
Friday Nov 29, 2013
Toronto, Nov. 28, 2013 - It's driving eyeballs to websites and media organizations love it. From Miley Cyrus to Gwyneth Paltrow, media outlets are betting--for better and for worse--that names in the news will sell. Is celebrity gossip real news or simply “click bait” in the digital universe? Malene Arpe, who writes the Toronto Star Stargazing pages; Alison Eastwood, editor-in-chief of Hello! Canada; Jonathan Kay, comment pages editor of the National Post; and Ben Mulroney, anchor of CTV's etalk discussed this phenomemon with Simon Houpt, senior media writer for The Globe and Mail.
Wednesday Oct 23, 2013
The Coveted Journey: From Journalist to Bestselling Author
Wednesday Oct 23, 2013
Wednesday Oct 23, 2013
Oct. 22, 2013- Toronto
Linwood Barclay, the former Toronto Star humour columnist turned author of suspense novels, and Lisa Gabriele, the former showrunner at CBC’s Dragons’ Den
who found success with an erotic novel first published under a
pseudonym (now turned into a trilogy), talked about the journey from
journalist to bestselling author in this discussion with The Globe and Mail's Books editor Jared Bland.
Friday Sep 20, 2013
Gawking, Gossip and Crowdfunding: Is this the New Journalism
Friday Sep 20, 2013
Friday Sep 20, 2013
Sept. 19, 2013, Toronto - Gawker offers a blend of hard news, gossip and a cheeky tone. It’s also the site behind the controversial ‘Crackstarter’ campaign. John Cook, editor-in-chief, talks media ethics, coverage of Toronto mayor Rob Ford and crowdfunding in a conversation with Jeffrey Dvorkin, media ethics commentator and director of the journalism program at University of Toronto Scarborough.