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How to eliminate the need for paywalls
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September 7, 2010 - Posted by Dana Lacey
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A paywall reduces readership while disabling the public's ability to share, comment, link and recommend stories - it's a philosophical shift from the way we've always consumed news. But there is an another way to make money from journalism, Martin Moore writes...
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Covering the "Tamil ghost ship": a laurel to the Globe
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September 7, 2010 - Posted by Dana Lacey
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 When Canadians heard that a boatload of Tamil refugees was headed our way, reactions quickly divided between "Keep the queue-jumpers out" and "Welcome the huddled masses." It was a good time for journalists to step forward and provide citizens not just with hard news, but context too. Ivor Shapiro thinks at least one national news organization has been doing just that.
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Are we headed for an information obesity crisis?
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August 31, 2010 - Posted by Dana Lacey
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 From articles slamming Sarah Palin to celebrity gossip to pieces that confirm what you knew all along – in a world of information obesity, we only consume messages we most enjoy. But there are consequences to bingeing on junk info, writes Jessica Murphy.
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News forecast: Will all of Canada get sunshine 24 hours a day?
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June 15, 2010 - Posted by Dana Lacey
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Quebecor announced today that it will ask CRTC to approve not only a new all news channel under the name of Sun TV, but a preferred dial placement as well. According to the rumour mill, the station will be patterned after Fox News. David Spencer writes about what this might mean for Canada...
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#Journalism in a #SocialMedia World
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May 10, 2010 - Posted by Dale Bass
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Journalism graduate and social-media fan Kenda ll Walters looks at the impact Facebook, Twitter and its ilk are having on newsrooms.
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Reports of newspapers' death greatly exaggerated
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April 20, 2010 - Posted by Alan Bass
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 Predictions of the demise of the daily newspaper are based on myths that don't stand scrutiny, argues David Estok, former editor-in-chief of the Hamilton Spectator. Newspapers are becoming more focused and more efficient but they will survive the current crisis, because what they do still matters.
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Women take aim at op-ed pages
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April 6, 2010 - Posted by Dale Bass
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 In the U.S., less than 20% of newspaper opinion pieces - op-eds - are written by women, and not for lack of opinions. Author Catherine Orenstein created the Op-Ed Project to train and empower women to get their voices heard, writes Chloe Angyal. But there's still a long way to go.
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Don't write about me just because I'm disabled
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February 1, 2010 - Posted by Alan Bass
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 When reporters can't see past a person's disability, Lisa Coriale writes, they can miss the real story. There's more than one storyline to report about people with disabilities.
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Haitian earthquake: It’s not about you, Dr. Gupta
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January 25, 2010 - Posted by Alan Bass
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 Journalists were among the first outsiders to rush to the scene of the earthquake in Haiti. While most have described the devastation and challenges confronting survivors with professionalism and humanity, Jeff Sallot writes, some are using the assignment to promote their own celebrity.
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Globe editorial hits the front page
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January 12, 2010 - Posted by Regan Ray
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 When the Harper government decided to prorogue Parliament, The Globe and Mail denounced it on the front page. Geoffrey Stevens asks if the wall dividing news from opinion has fallen and whether editorials should stay on the editorial page?
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Lang’s death raises questions about how media reports from Afghanistan
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January 4, 2010 - Posted by Alan Bass
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 Hundreds of reporters have briefly embedded with Canadian forces in Afghanistan and, in most cases, returned to their regular beats at home. After the tragic death of Calgary health reporter Michelle Lang, former military journalist Bob Bergen questions whether this is the right approach to covering the armed forces at war.
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Can non-profit journalism make it in Canada?
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December 22, 2009 - Posted by Regan Ray
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 The funding environment in Canada may not be as crowded as in the U.S., but Canada does suffer from a lack of foundation support for media ventures, writes Bilbo Poynter. Poynter explains what's needed for non-profit journalism to get off the ground.
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edited by Alan Bass and Dale Bass
 In this section we explore issues in Canadian journalism through original columns. If you have an Idea you'd like to share, please let us know at anytime. Alan Bass is a former reporter for United Press, Canadian Press and The London Free Press. He currently teaches journalism at Thompson Rivers University. Dale Bass is a former  senior editor with The London Free Press. She currently works as a senior reporter with Black Press and is secretary-treasurer of the Canadian Association of Journalists.
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Journalism in Afghanistan is young, fragile and subject to interference, threats and violence from government and insurgents. It could use some support from the international journalism community, writes Afghan-Canadian journalist Ahmad Zia Kechkenni. 
The Winter Olympic Games are more about marketing and corporations than athletes — and journalists should not become part of all the hype and hoopla, argues 
There’s more to the story of sexual abuse by clerics than victims, abusers and self-protecting bureaucracies, writes Joyce Smith. Part of the challenge of reporting on religion is recognizing the spiritual element in the story and following the impact of events on relationships and faith.