Free newspapers could be prevented from home delivery in San Francisco, under a municipal law recently introduced by Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi. The city politician is upset at receiving unwanted home copies of the San Francisco Examiner. He introduced a motion last month that would keep free newspapers off lawns, boxes and stoops in San Francisco…
NewsToronto (March 18, 2008) — Courts should be extremely cautious about using their contempt powers against journalists who refuse to identify a confidential source, the Ontario Court of Appeal said yesterday in setting aside a trial judge’s hefty sanctions against a Hamilton Spectator reporter. Toronto Star legal affairs reporter Tracey Tyler reports.Read the ruling.Read the…
CommentaryA pair of Ontario court rulings recognize that a journalist may need to promise confidentiality to protect a source. But that may not be enough to stop the police and judges from demanding names if push comes to shove. J-Source media law editor Dean Jobb looks for lessons in the National Post and Hamilton Spectator rulings.
Should we expect press freedom as a precondition for hosting the Olympics? Journalists will gather in Paris next week for a special conference titled “Beijing Olympics 2008: Winning Press Freedom.” Meanwhile, Chinese officials are stepping up their accusations of “western” media bias. Deborah Jones’ Town Hall commentary China and Tibet contains links to several articles…
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has formally complained to China’s ambassador to Canada about the blocking of the public broadcaster’s websites in China. In a letter sent April 4 to Chinese Ambassador Lu Shumin, CBC president Hubert T. Lacroix wrote, “I am writing to request that you make formal and immediate enquiries as to why the…
“You need money to recruit writers but you need writers to make money.” — Co-founder John Ndege of the UK citizen journalism start-up Scribblesheet , which shut down after just six months. Ndege told a blogger/columnist at the Guardian newspaper that he does think there’s a need for citizen journalism — but can’t reconcile the…
Sophie Lachapelle, Infopresse | Canwest vient de lancer un journal Web dont le contenu repose en partie sur le travail des citoyens. Le groupe de presse, qui publie notamment le quotidien montréalais The Gazette, a en effet créé le site Westislandgazette.com, consacré aux nouvelles locales de l’ouest de l’île de Montréal. L’entreprise publiait déjà un hebdomadaire du même nom, distribué aux abonnés de…
Pauline Froissart, Categorynet.com | 2002. Pour son premier voyage en Afrique, Nigel Walker ne choisit pas la facilité: il se rend au coeur de la Côte d’Ivoire. Le pays est alors en pleine guerre civile. Au gouvernement de Bagbo s’opposent les rebelles du nord, tandis que Charles Blé Goudé, à la tête d’un mouvement paramilitaire…
Alain Gravel, Radio-Canada.ca | Tout a été dit sur l’affaire de Patrick Roy et de son fils Jonathan. Ça fait une semaine que les médias surfent sur le sujet, comme s’il s’agissait d’une affaire d’État. Une chose m’a cependant frappé dans ce roman-savon: le plan de communication des principaux concernés dans cette histoire, à savoir Patrick et…
Nicole Lampa/Brian Gabrial, J-Source | I love being a journalist. I don’t love being a videojournalist. Four years ago, I agreed to become a videojournalist after stints as a producer for Report On Business TV in Toronto and Calgary. It was an opportunity I couldn’t pass up. For years, I had dreamed of becoming a…