Media round-up: humanizing digital, and the debate online
I was featured on CBC The National and CTV Morning Live about the debate, and my series on humanizing digital kicked off in the Ottawa Citizen.
Cult of political personality
MPs are peeling away the layers of mediated experience to close the gap between themselves and the constituents and issue stakeholders they serve.
Silver fish handcatch: A Detroit TV anchor’s story
How a TV news anchor for Detroit’s WXYZ discovered the power of social media, reinvented the station’s relationship with the news and its audience — and built a community in the process.
Conference Saturdays: Using the tools of journalism to create better content
Highlights from Bob Ledrew’s talk on what creatives and content producers can learn from the practices and structures of journalism.
To pay or not to pay: can quality online news remain free?
More of us are faced with the first world decision of having to pay for online news from traditional news organizations. It’s not simply about money.
Two forms of public affairs storytelling
To be seen as relevant, journalists and content creators must be attentive to online chatter and be able to tell stories to their audiences in short segments — digestible sizes with the most important-in-the-moment information.
