Our first set of MP exit interviews began this week, our first of what will be several dozen interviews with MPs who left public life between 2004 and 2008. Incidentially, the period of these departures also kicked off what general wisdom has us believe to be a prolonged period of minority government in Canada. After nearly five and a half years of this not-unprecedented situation, recent medi... [More]

With September comes back to school and no shortage of great talks on, among other things, the future of the media. We've already told you about our recent lunch with the WashingtonPost.com's editor, Jim Brady, Mathew Ingram's TEDxTO talk and the CJF's recent panel exploring the changing media environment. One more to add to your collection. If you care about journalism, newspapers, public de... [More]

Earlier this month, we shared a couple of events of interest to those who care about the vibrancy of our public debates. In case you missed them, here are the highlights of two and links to where you can learn more. TEDxTO was excellent. Kudos to the organizers. The Torontoist's summary is a good one and the videos should be on at the TEDxTO site soon. Almost all the talks were fantastic, so ... [More]

Jim Brady, the former executive editor of the washingtonpost.com and the U.S. consulting editor for The Guardian, came to Samara for lunch with a number of public affairs journalists, editors and producers to discuss covering politics and public affairs in a changing media environment. His talk was wide-ranging and fascinating to producers and consumers of news alike, full of great examples and... [More]