Many thanks to Samara volunteer Alex Derry, who reported from the recent Samara/Massey seminar.  His first post on the event is available here. ------ Earlier this month, Kathy English posed three key questions about the future of journalism, in light of Pew’s 2010 State of the News Media report: 1. What ethical values about journalism will guide new media? 2. Will legacy media coop... [More]

Our brains are still digesting last night's fabulous talk by the director of the Pew Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism, Tom Rosenstiel.  Rosenstiel was in Toronto presenting some of the findings and discussing the implications of Pew's annual State of the News Media report. We'll have video and written summaries available on our website in the coming week or so.  In the mean... [More]

  Kathy English, The Toronto Star's public editor, previews a number of the questions raised in this year's State of the News Media report, that will likely come up for discussion in tomorrow's Samara/Massey journalism seminar. For more information, please contact us.

Here's a line you don't read too often: "it's the best sort of policy story: one where the policy works, the good guys win, and the public interest is served." The line is from what looks to be a great story behind the story of how the British government made its data freely available online. Written by Prospect Magazine's James Crabtree, it's about how Tim Berners-Lee, one of the founders of ... [More]