The demise of newspapers means better journalism

We who contemplate the importance of journalism look at the future with trepidation. What happens to journalism, we ask, when newspapers continue on their inevitable decline? The question assumes that journalism itself will be diminished. I am coming to a different...

Online news sites recognised at DC awards

The Online News Association honoured sites that represented the best in online journalism at the close of its annual conference in Washington DC on Saturday night. It was interesting to see that a majority of the...

David Byrne's look at the future of music is good online journalism

"What is called the music business today, however, is not the business of producing music. At some point it became the business of selling CDs in plastic cases, and that business will soon be over. But that's not...

When old media met new media

Only last week, yet another big news organisation set up shop in Second Life. CNN opened an I-Report hub in the virtual world, following the the footsteps of other news media such as Reuters. Life4U, which describes itself as the first magazine TV programme in Second Life,...

Rabble Needs A Union

"Uh oh. Canada's left wing,progressive, trade union supported Rabble.ca has engaged in the lowest form of management sleaze; firing by email. In this case the Babble editor; Audra Williams."

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