Field Notes
Feb 02, 2010
- Posted by Regan
Ray
After sleeping on cardboard boxes, helping a woman in labour, running from a shaking embassy and telling endless tragic stories, Gazette reporter Sue Montgomery considers her two weeks in Haiti the most rewarding of her life.
After sleeping on cardboard boxes, helping a woman in labour, running from a shaking embassy and telling endless tragic stories, Gazette reporter Sue Montgomery considers her two weeks in Haiti the most rewarding of her life.
Jan 22, 2010
- Posted by Janice
Neil
Broadcasters and publishers know they can count on at least two responses to portraying graphic images of death and destruction: complaints about disgusting or invasive displays of blood and gore; and, journalists writing stories about media's insensitivity or sensationalism.
According to one broadcaster, the gatekeepers are constantly debating the responsibility of revealing the cruelty and anguish of the earthquake, trying to weigh the horrors versus the conventions of taste. The senior program producer for CBC TV's The National, Michael Gruzuk, described that process in an interview with CBC Radio’s Rita Celli on Ontario Today, on Jan. 21.
According to one broadcaster, the gatekeepers are constantly debating the responsibility of revealing the cruelty and anguish of the earthquake, trying to weigh the horrors versus the conventions of taste. The senior program producer for CBC TV's The National, Michael Gruzuk, described that process in an interview with CBC Radio’s Rita Celli on Ontario Today, on Jan. 21.
Jan 19, 2010
- Posted by Larry
Cornies
Port-au-Prince is where journalists can learn what to do when telephones fail, the lights go out, your car breaks down, your fixer doesn't show up and your guts are in diarrheal agony, writes Claude Adams, who first reported from Haiti in1987. But what he suffered is "mere purgatory compared to the hell correspondents are undergoing now."
Port-au-Prince is where journalists can learn what to do when telephones fail, the lights go out, your car breaks down, your fixer doesn't show up and your guts are in diarrheal agony, writes Claude Adams, who first reported from Haiti in1987. But what he suffered is "mere purgatory compared to the hell correspondents are undergoing now."
Jan 06, 2010
- Posted by Regan
Ray
Before she headed off to report in Afghanistan, Michelle Lang asked her
colleague, Calgary Herald editorial page editor Licia Corbella, about
her experiences in the country and about being afraid. In a column written soon after Lang's death in Afghanistan, Corbella wrote...
Dec 08, 2009
- Posted by Jody
White
If anyone is still in need of proof that the news media industry is
changing, a recent Al Gore speech in Toronto was a case in point. After playing an email version of cat and mouse with the PR rep for Allstream's "An evening with Al Gore"
on November 24, I managed to secure media passes for myself and a
photographer. Following a gracious greeting by doormen at the end of
the red carpet, the smiling media registrar informed us where to set
up, what time the event would commence, and offered to escort us to the
media area. There was only one catch, she explained...
Dec 04, 2009
- Posted by Regan
Ray
While working as a reporter and news anchor at a two English-language radio stations in Dubai there were a few moments when it felt like a solid news station, writes Kimberly Gale. But there were still too many stories they couldn't touch.
While working as a reporter and news anchor at a two English-language radio stations in Dubai there were a few moments when it felt like a solid news station, writes Kimberly Gale. But there were still too many stories they couldn't touch.
Dec 01, 2009
- Posted by Regan
Ray
Call me morbid, but I thought the Bandidos trial would be perfect to tweet, writes London Free Press reporter Kate Dubinski. It had drama, a compelling cast of characters, plenty of visual evidence and a judge who allowed Internet use. Here's how it worked.
Call me morbid, but I thought the Bandidos trial would be perfect to tweet, writes London Free Press reporter Kate Dubinski. It had drama, a compelling cast of characters, plenty of visual evidence and a judge who allowed Internet use. Here's how it worked.
Nov 17, 2009
- Posted by Regan
Ray
During six months in Iran covering the 1979 hostage crisis, photojournalist Peter Bregg was blindfolded and kidnapped, had his office ransacked, lost photos, had equipment confiscated and continued to transmit photos daily to The Canadian Press.
During six months in Iran covering the 1979 hostage crisis, photojournalist Peter Bregg was blindfolded and kidnapped, had his office ransacked, lost photos, had equipment confiscated and continued to transmit photos daily to The Canadian Press.
Sep 15, 2009
- Posted by Larry
Cornies
There was a time when reporters enjoyed a friendly relationship with the Department of Foreign Affairs, writes the Toronto Star’s John Goddard. But those days are over and telling the story of Suaad Hagi Mohamud showed the "rude, arrogant side" of the department.
There was a time when reporters enjoyed a friendly relationship with the Department of Foreign Affairs, writes the Toronto Star’s John Goddard. But those days are over and telling the story of Suaad Hagi Mohamud showed the "rude, arrogant side" of the department.
Sep 15, 2009
- Posted by Larry
Cornies
Counterterrorism units, bin Laden’s chauffeur and gin and tonics in Cairo turn into an urgent journey to Nairobi to help a colleague tell the story of a Toronto woman wrongly jailed in Kenya. It’s exhausting and exhilarating, but Toronto Star reporter Michelle Shephard figures she has the best job in the world.
Counterterrorism units, bin Laden’s chauffeur and gin and tonics in Cairo turn into an urgent journey to Nairobi to help a colleague tell the story of a Toronto woman wrongly jailed in Kenya. It’s exhausting and exhilarating, but Toronto Star reporter Michelle Shephard figures she has the best job in the world.
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