An interesting post by Steve Yelvington, a journalist turned media strategist, who blogs about online journalism. He wonders why some of the creative new ways of information sharing online are not being developed by journalism students/faculty/schools. He asks whether they are all too focused on past practices rather than on invention and discovery. It’s good food…
Damien Rousseau, Quebechebdo.com | Le conflit de travail qui perdure depuis plus de six mois au Journal de Québec est en réalité une guerre de titans opposant la société Québecor et son bras éditeur Sun Média au tout puissant Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique (SCFP) et la Fédération des travailleurs du Québec (FTQ). Le…
Par Nicolas Trottier Nicolas Trottier est journaliste indépendant depuis quelques mois à Montréal. Après avoir travaillé dans le domaine des communications, Nicolas s’est envolé l’année dernière pour les Vieux Pays, là où il prit la décision de se lancer en journalisme. Pour ce faire, Nicolas a profité de son séjour à Bruxelles pour y étudier…
Andrew Coyne will become the national editor of Maclean’s newsmagazine, announced publisher and editor-in-chief Ken Whyte. Coyne will join Maclean’s in early November, said a press release, noting that Coyne will ll write a column as well as longer pieces. At the National Post Coyne was national affairs columnist; he has also been an editorial…
CommentaryA Saskatchewan judge has ignored a reporter’s challenge to a publication ban imposed in a high-profile criminal case. In an October 2007 column, managing editor Vern Faulkner of the Prince Albert Daily Herald explains why the judge was wrong … and why the media has the right to fight the ban.
NewsReinforcing the protection given to confidential police informers, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that the court and Crown have no discretion to disclose any details to the public or media that could lead to their identification. Helen Burnett of the Law Times reports.
CommentaryThe courts are coming to grips with chat on the Internet, says BBC News Online columnist Bill Thompson. People who post anonymous comments on websites be warned — you can be outed and sued.
Globe and Mail Africa correspondent Stephanie Nolen won the 2007 PEN Canada Paul Kidd Courage Prize, for her coverage of the AIDS crisis in Africa. (Nolen’s 28: Stories of AIDS in Africa is also on the short list for the 2007 Governor General’s literary award.) “By staking out the HIV/AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan Africa as…
“It was enough to melt the heart of a cynical scribe: a standing ovation for two Conservative cabinet ministers – from the parliamentary press gallery,” leads John Ward of the Canadian Press, in a report about the parliamentary press gallery dinner in Ottawa. The journalists saluted Transport Minister Lawrence Cannon and Jean-Pierre Blackburn just for…
Unionized Quebec journalists will host a conference next February, headed by Joan Fraser, on whether media is still serving the public interest. Fraser knows about this issue first hand. She was a long time journalist, including as as editor-in-chief of the Montreal Gazette. More recently as a senator, she was a major force behind the…