MediaMiser’s Canadian Election Twitter Tracker charts are updated daily, so check back often! As the 42nd Canadian general election inches closer to its Oct. 19 voting day, Canadians of all political stripes are voicing their support (or lack thereof) for various...
Jim Donnelly graduated with a BA in History/English from Wilfrid Laurier University and a MJ from Carleton University. Jim heads Agility PR Solutions’ Media Insights Group which oversees the production of public and client media analysis reports and infographics. Jim was previously editor of the Ottawa Business Journal and related publications such as Ottawa Technology Magazine and Meeting in the Capital.
Entrepreneurial journalism: Where’s all the money?
 Study indicates most local news startups make less than $50K per year If you read this article back in 2011 — headlined “How Entrepreneurial Journalism Will Change Our World” — you’d be forgiven if you assumed that by now, in 2015, the journalism world might have...
Lindsey Graham candidacy draws yawns on Twitter; Cruz, Bush get most mentions in June
The race for the 2016 Republican Party Presidential Primaries is heating up alongside the weather, with more than a dozen candidates now having thrown in their lot. The most recent candidate to declare — other than the super-famous Donald Trump, whose hair probably...
GOP nomination: Fiorina-Cruz battle for Twitter supremacy; Huckabee dead last
April showers apparently bring more than May flowers, as this month has already brought three candidacy announcements for the hotly contested Republican Party presidential nomination. Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina (May 4), former neurosurgeon Ben Carson (May 4) and...
Jade Helm 15 and Walmart: When should PR teams respond to conspiracy theories?
The “Jade Helm 15” conspiracy theory -- which has, incredibly, gone national in scope with more than 1,000 online news mentions in the past six days -- is one that, quite frankly, shows the gullibility and paranoia of humanity knows no bounds. According to the theory,...
GOP presidential nomination: Cruz vs. Rubio edition
Politicians of all stripes and affiliations know just how important it is to get their campaign off on the right foot. Naturally a huge part of that is initially announcing your campaign, along with getting traction on that announcement both in traditional and social...
Google doesn’t just dominate the Internet — it dominated April Fools’ Day, too
Ah, April Fools’ Day. The one day of the year companies can promote completely fake information and not be blasted off the face of the Internet. It’s a can’t-miss recipe for entertainment. And though some April Fools pranks may fall flat, many strike just the right...
Report: Local TV news dominates U.S. media landscape
It’s a good time to be a local TV producer or reporter, according to a recent report on the state of local news in various cities across the United States. Interest in local-level and neighbourhood-level news trumped that of national and international fare in all...
Why science coverage gets on some scientists’ nerves
Attention science journalists and editors: You’re being called out by your sources. Nearly 80 per cent of American scientists say the superficial nature of media coverage on scientific studies is a major problem for the scientific community’s communications efforts,...
Social Media Update: Facebook still top dog, thanks to your grandma
Facebook is still the No. 1 social network in the United States, according to the Pew Research Center -- and you have your grandparents to thank for it. Pew’s Social Media Update 2014, released earlier this month, shows that for the first time ever more than half of...
Twitter wants the Ottawa Senators to move downtown
Before we get into the meat of this blog post, I’ve got a couple disclosures to make. Firstly, I’m not a Senators fan. But like most who live in this city, I fully appreciate the importance of the hockey club to the city and its residents (both economically and...