David Carr was on CBC Radio's Sunday Edition this morning, talking to Michael Enright about his work as a journalism critic for the New York Times, and his past life as a crack addict. The contrast did not flatter the host. At one point, Carr explained why, despite all the turmoil and job losses, he thinks we are entering a Golden Age of Journalism: DC: The column I'm working on this week about packaging quotes, I Twittered out what I was working on, I set up a separate Gmail called quoteapproval, I sent emails to 40 of the best reporters I know, and...

16 September, 2012

Introducing Globe and Mail columnist and CTV host Jane Taber on a CBC panel today, Sunday Edition host Michael Enright said the following: She is often accused by Tories of being a Liberal, and by Liberals of being a Tory, which means she is doing her job. This canard is so common among journalists as to qualify as hackneyed. If both sides in a dispute criticize you, you much be striking the right balance. But there is an obvious alternative explanation: You could be doing such a crappy job that all sides find something to attack in your work. Let me be clear...

27 September, 2009