Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Media Fellowships

Feb 09, 2007 - Posted by Heather McCall

From the APC site: The Media Fellowship program of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada offers established Canadian journalists, in any media channel, the opportunity to spend time in Asia, researching and preparing stories in specified areas. The program aims to help Canadian journalists to become better informed about this dynamic part of the world and thus be better able to write/broadcast accurately and insightfully about Asia and the Canada-Asia relationship.

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Submitted by n/a (not verified) on January 23, 2006 - 4:00pm.

I dunno... I felt "THE STORY" of this election was how the game was played. It wasn't about philosophical issues, it was about the success and failures of the tactics of the players and the record of the incumbents. ...and it was the most interesting part of the campaign ...for me anyway. Greg

Submitted by n/a (not verified) on January 26, 2006 - 3:00am.

From my perspective (and speaking strictly for myself), when the campaign was about policy issues, the journalism focused on policy issues. When the politicians turned to messaging on how to best attract votes, the media deconstructed that. Personally, I liked a lot of Jeffrey Simpson's columns over the course of the campaign. He provided some excellent contrarian perspective on some key issues (the downside of the Conservatives' mania for accountability, the absence of any real foreign policy debate). On polling, Deb, why do you think a "tough look" is needed? Since politicians use polls to hone their messaging, why shouldn't the public have some quantitative information about how the campaign is moving voter intentions?

Submitted by n/a (not verified) on January 26, 2006 - 1:00pm.

I do think we should report on polls. We'd be remiss not to; voters need the same info the parties are using. It's the prominence the media gives to polls that bothers me. I suspect the polls and the intensely focused reporting of them are influencing voter intentions. I wonder if we're becoming part of the story.

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