City of Hamilton Neighbourhood Plans video
Video presented to Hamilton City Council on September 24, 2012…
Joey Coleman on Our City
Segment from the premier episode of Our City in which I announce my crowdfunding plans.…
Hamilton City Council GIC meeting for September 6, 2012
LIVE Note: This is an experiment in liveblogging using the WordPress platform. In theory, it will automatically update as I type. You will see my initial spelling errors and blemishes in real-time. City Council is meeting as General Issues Committee this morning. Items of note on the agenda:…
Surprises: Internships go the well-to-do and kids of the well-connected
Surprise! Unpaid internships go to well-off kids because they can afford to work them. Paid internships also go to the well-to-do because of their well-connected parents. Not to worry, nobody is addressing this crisis. As noted by the program, journalism is one of the worst professions for discrimination…
INFOSEC is important for journalists, Reuters shows why
Yet another journalism site is hacked and still we don’t discuss information security? Reuters has been hacked – yet again – for the third time this month. Another false story is published, but it doesn’t become widely spread. Why? People have learned to distrust sensational headlines published by…
Busted: WashPo reporter allowed college to alter story
Sadly, I’m not the slightest bit surprised to learn of a higher education reporter serving the interests of those they are covering instead of those who they are writing for. Daniel de Vise, a reporter for the Washington Post (which relies on Kaplan for revenue), allowed University of…
Service journalism – a dying genre that National Geographic may revive?
Service journalism is a dying genre. As the journalism trade becomes a monolithic profession, it loses touch with the struggles and realities of those born into the lower socio-economic classes of society. Sure journalists go into these communities, write a few stories, collect some journalism awards, pat themselves…
Why you won't find "exclusive" stories here
As I was redesigning my website, I considered highlighting “exclusives” and/or “scoops” as is a common practice in journalism. I quickly decided against “exclusives” because I see it being a term that’s primary purpose as become hype and lots all meaning. How many times do we see “exclusive…