A case now being heard in the Supreme Court of Canada will determine the fate of whistleblowers — and will have a major impact on press freedoms in Canada. Lawyers for media outlets and press organizations are in court arguing against an attempt by a Montreal ad firm to force Daniel Leblanc, a reporter with…
“Can vice save journalism?” asks Maureen Dowd. “We need life rafts,” she wrote in The New York Times. “Publications once buoyed by splashy ads evoking drinking and sex are now conjuring ways to use drinking and sex to subsidize the news.” Yay! Wine clubs and dating services. That’s our ticket to survival!
Le milieu municipal montréalais est sur la sellette en raison d’allégations de malversation et de corruption. L’information provient principalement de sources anonymes. Jusqu’où le recours à ce type de source est-il garant du droit du public à l’information? Comment éviter d’être manipulés à son tour? Des questions auxquelles répond Marc-François Bernier, de la Chaire de…
One of the most comprehensive reports on the future of modern journalism is now online, prior to Tuesday’s official release by the graduate school of journalism at Columbia University. “The Reconstruction of American Journalism,” written by Leonard Downie, Jr., former executive editor of The Washington Post, and Michael Schudson, a Journalism School professor, is very…
When a local paper dies, it hurts, writes Robert Washburn. Perhaps that’s why J-Source’s Innovation section is so abuzz with discussion of reviving local news, an endangered genre now touted as the answer to mainstream media’s failures. 2009 has been an unusually difficult year for local news outlets, but it’s also brought unprecedented opportunity to…
Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari has been released on bail from Evin prison in Iran, according to news reports over the weekend. The Newsweek correspondent was arrested June 21 and has been imprisoned ever since.
News agencies widely reported that Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari — arrested in June after Iran’s controversial elections — is free on bail. Agence France-Presse quoted Iran’s semi-official news agency ILNA: “Maziar Bahari was freed from Evin prison on Saturday evening after paying bail worth three billion rials (300,000 dollars).” “We are relieved that NEWSWEEK journalist…
L’Institut du Nouveau Monde (INM) se lance dans un partenariat avec les plates-formes Parole citoyenne et son pendant anglophone CitizenShift. Michel Venne, directeur de l’Institut du Nouveau-Monde, a œuvré comme journaliste, éditorialiste et chroniqueur au journal Le Devoir. Il répond aux questions de Lise Millette et livre ses réflexions sur les médias citoyens. (Une version…
The New York Times posted a series of essays about reading electronic documents compared to paper. Some are of direct relevance to journalism — and our current crisis as it relates to technology . . .
Véritable manifeste de la pige, le guide «Pigistes Anonymes : les 12 étapes du rétablissement» propose de rompre avec le stéréotype misérabiliste souvent associé à l’état de journaliste indépendant. Par une série de conseils pratiques rassemblés sous douze rubriques, à l’instar des thérapies pour vaincre l’alcoolisme et autres dépendances, l’auteur Nicolas Ritoux invite ses collègues…