My thoughts on The Future of Media: Part 1
Posted by Cassandra | Filed under Journalism
When I found out my boss was planning to attend her first Toronto Girl Geek Dinner, I jumped at the chance to join her. I’m a girl and a geek; plus, I figured I could use the networking experience and something fun to do on a Monday night.
I was also very interested in attending because [...]
Tags: bias, newspaper industry, the future of media
Funemployment ain’t all it’s cracked up to be, mainstream media
Posted by Cassandra | Filed under Generation Y
The hottest buzzword surrounding Gen Y in Canadian media this summer has to be “funemployed.” That is, choosing to be unemployed to do things they’ve always wanted to do, such as travel, pursue hobbies and, if the mainstream media would have you believe it, move back in with Mom and Dad to have a riotous [...]
Tags: "real" jobs, bias, Gen Y, media, newspaper industry, observations, university
On evaluating and acknowledging our biases
Posted by Cassandra | Filed under Ethics, Journalism
There are few professions in which individuals are expected to be completely without bias. In most professions, our biases rarely interfere with the integrity of our work.
Yet, as a journalist, it’s a constant battle. Because we consume so much information on a daily basis, we probably have opinions on many more topics than the average [...]
Tags: bias, National Post, story
Media consumption and criticism
Posted by Cassandra | Filed under Ethics, Journalism
Every media outlet has a bias. The business side of each outlet may try to convince people otherwise, but any journalist or media consumer with half a brain can figure it out.
Sometimes the bias is political. Sometimes it’s financial, racial or socio-economic. Other times it’s just a matter of a lack of resources and, most [...]
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