On May 25, 2010, the Canadian Journalism Foundation hosted a panel, “Keeping an Eye on Journalism”, about the role of the ombudsman in Canadian journalism.  Jeffrey Dvorkin, former NPR News ombudsman, moderated the panel, which consisted of John Racovali, The National Post’s assistant managing editor, Kathy English, The Toronto Star's The Toronto Star’s public edi... [More]

Our friends at the Canadian Journalism Foundation are hosting a panel entitled "Keeping an eye on journalism" on Tuesday May 25 in Toronto, and have kindly waived their entrance fee for friends of Samara. From their website: "Wikis, bloggers, media critics...or ombuds? Which is better? Is the watchdog function more effective inside or outside a media organization? The New York Times, the Toront... [More]

In addition to the good upcoming public policy chit-chat this week, we add two notes which will be of particular interest to the journalistically-inclined. First, on Tuesday March 16 the Canadian Journalism Foundation is hosting a roundtable discussion with four journalists who covered the immediate aftermath of the hurricane in Haiti -a heartbreaking story that was no doubt extremely dif... [More]

Hugh Segal shared his articulately-worded yet scathing critique of today's media, tempered by suggested rules that he believes would assist things, at the Canadian Journalism Foundation's annual Democracy and Journalism lecture in Toronto last week. It reminded me of Maclean's editor Ken Whyte's analysis delivered a handful of months ago. On the upside, Segal clearly believes in the vitality o... [More]

A few things to highlight for those inclined to things of an international or foreign policy ilk: 1. Foreign Policy Camp is scheduled for Monday, November 30th, hosted by a terrific set of Canadian organizations. If you're in Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto or Montreal, you can participate by registering here. The Mark has a special page dedicated to the deliberations. 2. The second issue of ... [More]

Globe & Mail editor-in-chief John Stackhouse gave an overview things in his world to to a group from the Canadian Journalism Foundation this evening. It was upbeat and refreshing, combining an overview of the industry with a loose outline of the Globe's plans for the future, both online and off. And for the inquiring minds among us, he also shared their top-read online stories this year. He... [More]

With September comes back to school and no shortage of great talks on, among other things, the future of the media. We've already told you about our recent lunch with the WashingtonPost.com's editor, Jim Brady, Mathew Ingram's TEDxTO talk and the CJF's recent panel exploring the changing media environment. One more to add to your collection. If you care about journalism, newspapers, public de... [More]

Earlier this month, we shared a couple of events of interest to those who care about the vibrancy of our public debates. In case you missed them, here are the highlights of two and links to where you can learn more. TEDxTO was excellent. Kudos to the organizers. The Torontoist's summary is a good one and the videos should be on at the TEDxTO site soon. Almost all the talks were fantastic, so ... [More]