Teaching Journalism

Reflections on the state of journalism (principally online, and in Canada, the UK and the US) from LSE-trained journalism professor David Brake (Also @drbrake)

[David Brake 🫐 @drbrakeYYT.bsky.social @davidrbrake]

Very disappointed with the way @StJohnsTelegram has handled this, spotlighting Omar's criminality not his humanity or struggles. @arianakelland's coverage puts theirs to shame. Hope @SaltWireNews will follow up and change tone.
https://t.co/133xis6R5T
https://t.co/od2bmZ7pdc

[Talia Lavin @mobydickenergy]

me in 2020: wow there is really a shortage of books and memoirs and reported experiences about the 1918 spanish flu pandemic. i wonder why??

me in 2023: so we all just memory holed covid and are never gonna talk about That Whole Thing again huh

[Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy]

Tucker Carlson once called me, out of the blue, a little more than a year ago to taunt me & say his “sources” indicated I’d be soon fired. He vowed to Venmo me $1,000 if I still was employed by CNN a year later. I have been unable to collect. I even Venmo requested him and nada!

[Teaching Journalism @teachingjourn]

This one is tricky - it's obviously true that over time the CBC has been influenced by successive governments. But social media companies don't flag media strongly influenced by opinionated founders/owners, and there's good evidence this is a much bigger problem in 🇨🇦 🇬🇧, 🇺🇸.

[CNAjournalism @CNAjournalism]

What do you think of Twitter's decision to label CBC as "government-funded media," which under Twitter's definition means "varying degrees of government involvement over editorial content."

[Teaching Journalism @teachingjourn]

Good to see @guardian trying to do the right thing and practice what it preaches https://t.co/1wQYLqjCs6

[Teaching Journalism @teachingjourn]

Not only is local journalism hard - it is vital to larger national outlets who rely on it to tell them what's going on outside major media centres, and is often the *only* source of information on local issues (there's usually several options for national news).

[Andrea Hall @WriteitHall]

Local journalists are often seen as lesser. Universities tout their grads who go to large pubs & imply that those who go to small pubs are their weaker students. But local journalism is HARD. It is writing 2-3 stories a day. And taking the photos. And designing it. And editing it

[Teaching Journalism @teachingjourn]

@mefletcher54 @drlorileeoates Can't disagree, though we might not be talking about the same information shaping organizations/mechanisms as I tend to think of?

[Teaching Journalism @teachingjourn]

@mefletcher54 @drlorileeoates I've been a journalism professor and no self-respecting j-school would fail to provide students a guide to how not to be manipulated - usually starting in the first year. As Jeremy Paxman said when interviewing politicians, he always asked himself "why is this liar lying to me?"

[Teaching Journalism @teachingjourn]

It's really a double failure by the headline writers at @Reuters - "nationalist" is the least important aspect of her hard-right platform and the gender issue is hardly even in the story. Real tonal error...

[Reuters Pitchbot (Satire) @ReutersPitchbot]

they actually ran it. incredible.

[Teaching Journalism @teachingjourn]

Alongside the recent closure of the print editions of several leading @postmedianet newspapers, this is just one concerning indicator of the disturbing ongoing decline of 🇨🇦 media industry...

[Mark Critch @markcritch]

End of an era. For local artists an article in the Herald meant so much. Your relatives thought you made it! And you could use the write up to apply for grants and use quotes for publicity. I’m forever grateful for the support over the years. God bless. https://t.co/QVhYfJjdqS

[Teaching Journalism @teachingjourn]

V useful thread for journalists in 🇨🇦 (and members of the public).

[David T.S. Fraser @privacylawyer]

@jamespmcleod What are the rules and law around taking photos and recording video in public places? New today on my YouTube channel ...

https://t.co/MDOOGZGsHr

[Teaching Journalism @teachingjourn]

@amywestervelt @KetanJ0 One aspect I think might not get the attention it deserves is that even if @TBrandStudio "journalists" don't also work at @nytimes today, it might change the outlook of those journos actively exposed to and creating 🛢️propaganda if/when they cross back.

[Teaching Journalism @teachingjourn]

@jacquessaintcyr @Emilie_Ni @JesseBrown The anonymous person is the person quoted in the Devoir article (whose views I am confident Mme Nicolas does not share!)

[Teaching Journalism @teachingjourn]

Thank you @Emilie_Ni and @JesseBrown for providing us anglos not just with a 'hot take' on this issue but a thorough, clear explanation of this extremely complex issue. I 100% agree with Emilie's analysis that once again black people are the puck in an Anglo-French grudge match

[CANADALAND @CANADALAND]

The debate about how inappropriate use of the N-word is in journalism is long over. Or is it? This discussion plays out far differently in English and in French in this country. We explore why with @Emilie_Ni.
https://t.co/tXJZaaK6Jd

[Vox Media @voxmedia]

Vox Media is excited to introduce Language, Please, a free, living resource created to help newsrooms more thoughtfully cover social, cultural, and identity-related topics. Learn more here: https://t.co/lzE6HShanC

[Jen Gerson @jengerson]

But the real issue with the column is that it fails to answer a very obvious question: If newspapers need to milk Facebook and Google to survive, why not just tax Big Tech outright and distribute the gains via a transparent and equal funding formula to all qualified outlets?

[Michael Geist @mgeist]

News organizations from across the country call on the government to fix the Online News Act (yes, the same bill @pablorodriguez cut off debate on yesterday). Fear Bill C-18 may exclude innovative news services and argue funding model isn’t transparent. https://t.co/RmOVKcdL1a

[Teaching Journalism @teachingjourn]

The journalism industry is starving to death and independent outlets alone can't fill the growing gaps in coverage but @CANADALAND @IndiegrafMedia and others are right- we should #FixBillC18 to ensure transparency and support journalists based on community need not lobbying clout

[CANADALAND @CANADALAND]

Can you believe that over 100 news companies launched in Canada over the last 5 years?

Yes, the industry is in crisis – but we're finding a way!

Today we're getting together to fix a new media law that stacks the deck against us.

We're asking government to #FixBillC18 (thread)

[Tzeporah Berman @Tzeporah]

The @globeandmail should be ashamed of themselves for this sponsored content. The @IPCC_CH and scientists from around the world are clear. We need absolute emissions decline now and that includes winding down fracked gas. #cdnpoli @cleancreatives https://t.co/ns106Cb5mG