Welcome to the Multiplatform Journalism Lab
Welcome to the Multiplatform Journalism Lab @ Morningside.
By the end of this course, 15 weeks from now, you’ll hopefully have had some fun on your way to becoming true multiplatform journalists.
Facebook’s Zuckerberg is Time’s Person of the Year
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is Time magazine’s 2010 Person of the Year.
Zuckerberg, 26, was chosen “for connecting more than half a billion people, … for creating a new system of exchanging information and for changing how we all live our lives,” the magazine said.
Citytv news anchor Mark Dailey dies at 57
Mark Dailey, the baritone voice of Citytv and CityNews anchor, died yesterday from cancer at Sunnybrook hospital in Toronto. He was 57.
Sun TV News gets CRTC green light
Quebecor Media has won the regulatory go-ahead to start broadcasting what some have already labelled “Fox News North”.
The CRTC today granted Quebecor subsidiaries TVA Group Inc. and Sun Media Corporation a licence for Sun TV News, a national English-language news channel.
India’s Toonz opens production unit in Canada
Montreal’s Mediabiz International and India’s Toonz have partnered to open a new animation and live-action production unit in Canada with plans to invest in projects worth $200 million US in the next three years.
Oprah TV network to make Canadian debut in March
It’s official: Oprah’s OWN channel will flash to life on Canadian TV screens two months after it does on American ones.
“There’s a great deal of excitement about the upcoming March 1 launch of the Oprah Winfrey Network in Canada,” Susan Schaefer, Corus Entertainment’s head of networks and marketing, said in a press release.
The Beatles – Penny Lane
Some simple musical math: “Penny Lane” by The Beatles = One of the greatest songs by the greatest band ever.
The Fratellis – Flathead
Few songs in history make better use of a triangle than “Flathead” by The Fratellis.
Wolfmother – Love Train
“Love Train” by Aussie band Wolfmother, another one of those damn fine Apple iPod commercial tunes.
The Raconteurs – Old Enough
“Old Enough” by The Raconteurs should have been a much bigger hit than it was when it was released as a single in 2008. Proof that just about everyone’s musical taste is bad? I’ll be the judge of that. Yes.
Vaughan mayor Linda Jackson comes out swinging
On Sept. 17, 2010, more than a year after the Toronto Star first ran this photo, that same shot appeared again, this time on thestar.com in a story by urban affairs reporter Gail Swainson headlined “Vaughan mayor Linda Jackson comes out swinging”.
MyTownCrier.ca wins big at OCNA awards
I was lucky enough to see old Vaughan Today/Town Crier colleagues again on May 14 at the Ontario Community Newspapers Association awards gala. The night was made sweeter thanks to a couple of awards I got to share with my friends.