The Association of Electronic Journalists has created an award named after Peter Gzowski, the late Maclean’s editor and long-time CBC radio host of Morningside. The RTNDA Peter Gzowski Award – Best Radio News Information Program was announced today. “Gzowski exemplifies the very best in Canadian Journalism,” said the association said in a press release. It…
A selection of headlines above the first online, breaking-news stories about today’s Statistics Canada crime report. It’s a hot political topic in the context of yesterday’s Conservative government throne speech — which includes a priority on “law and order” measures. The Globe and Mail:Homicide rate drops in 2006Other violent crimes on rise as number of…
The International Federation of Journalists has called on the international community “to take special action to confront the human tragedy in Iraq where the killings of journalists and media staff have reached “shocking proportions that can no longer be ignored.” Everything about Iraq seems shocking — but the IFJ has had enough with the recent…
Paul Cauchon, Le Devoir Quebecor Media est accusé d’avoir contrevenu aux règles mises en place par le CRTC qui interdisent l’échange de matériel entre ses salles de nouvelles. Et cette décision vient du comité de surveillance qui avait été mis en place par Quebecor lui-même pour surveiller l’étanchéité des salles. La décision de ce comité…
In an effort to protect the ecosystems at Lake Tahoe, Nevada, the Graduate Program in Interactive Environmental Journalism at the Reynolds School of Journalism has created an innovative website to assist citizens, policymakers, scientists and anyone interested in protecting the environment within the community. It is an excellent example of public journalism using the web…
Canada ranked 18th on this year’s annual press freedom index from Reporters Without Borders. Along with Germany, it was one of only two G8 countries to make the list’s top 20. Most of the countries deemed to have the best freedoms are in Europe, with Iceland at the top. The U.S. ranked 48 (immediately behind…
Media freedom is increasingly under attack in the Western Hemisphere, especially in Mexico, Venezuela and Colombia, said the Inter American Press Association. At least 13 employees of media organizations were killed and two disappeared in the past six months in the Western Hemisphere, said the association, which promotes free expression in the Americas. The group…
Mary McGuire, J-Source When editing interviews…. The most important rule – NEVER change the meaning of what the interviewee said. It’s okay, even expected, that you will cut out ums, ers, long pauses, and other examples of verbal stalling – unless their verbal stalling is key part of the story, as in the case of…
A longtime editor of the Wall Street Journal is creating a new kind of journalism, backed by a couple of wealthy donors. Paul Steiger is forming a group of investigative journalists who will give away their work to media outlets. “The plan is to do long-term projects, uncovering misdeeds in government, business and organizations,” said…
Émission Revu & corrigé, France 5 Avec l’arrivée des nouvelles technologies, l’information événementielle vit tournant qui pourrait devenir décisif. En effet, les téléphones portables avec caméra embarquée et la multiplication des blogs ont fait naître une activité jusqu’alors réservée aux journalistes professionnels, la diffusion par le grand public d’une information de proximité et instantanée. Mais…