Paul Steiger was in Toronto on Monday, sharing the story of ProPublica's first two years and the challenges it faces into the future. ProPublica is a foundation-funded investigative newsroom, based in New York and founded two years ago with money from Herb and Marion Sandler. With 32 journalists on staff, they focus on stories on the abuse of power and the failure to uphold the public interest. ... [More]

Two great journalism events are coming up in Toronto this January. 1. The Canadian Journalism Foundation is hosting a great discussion on the rise of multicultural media next Tuesday January 19th. The panel features four senior media executives whose organizations serve new and third-language Canadians. Panelists include: Jagdish Grewal from the Punjabi Post; Shirley Chan from Ming Pao Daily N... [More]

While spending the summer in Toronto, UBC journalism professor Alfred Hermida camped out at the Samara offices during the day, thinking big thoughts about the future of journalism. Happily, the paper he penned while with us, which was on Twitter and its implications for journalism, was accepted for publication. Although Journalism Practice won't publish the piece until August 2010, you can read ... [More]