German media wars
Compared to the limp competition in Canada, Germany’s media wars are … interesting. “Giant Penis Sparks Bizarre Media War,” headlines DER SPIEGEL.
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Enough of Tiger Woods already
The obsession with Tiger Woods proves it: we’ve lost our marbles. Australia is drying up. Dubai is in the toilet. The Large Hadron Collider is smashing atoms. Our world is full of economic turmoil, prisoner torture, tax tantrums, pit bulls posing as statesmen … also genuine art, beauty, acts of compassion, marvels of all kinds.…
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Une collaboration entre journalistes et scientifiques à l’honneur
L’enquête sur la dangerosité des pistolets électriques Taser, réalisée par Frédéric Zalac et Alex Shprintsen de Radio-Canada, a remporté le Grand Prix Judith-Jasmin, attribué lors du Congrès de la FPJQ. Ce reportage s’est déjà mérité plusieurs honneurs, dont le prix Michener pour le journalisme d’intérêt public. La journaliste scientifique Valérie Borde y voit “un rare…
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Hommage vidéo à Gilles Gariépy
La Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec a remis lors de son congrès annuel le Grand prix hommage Judith-Jasmin au président fondateur de l’organisme, Gilles Gariépy. Dans ce reportage abondamment illustré d’images d’archives, des amis et collègues témoignent de l’apport à la profession de celui qui s’est démarqué dès ses premiers pas en journalisme étudiant.…
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Prix de la Noirceur à Hydro-Québec
La Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec a décerné son premier Prix de la Noirceur, attribué à “l’organisme public qui manifeste le moins de transparence et pose le plus d’obstacles à la diffusion de l’information”, à Hydro-Québec. Selon le jury, “Hydro-Québec a essayé de cacher des informations de grand intérêt public, a nié le problème…
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Cult Journalism, or, The day the whale exploded
Move over, This Is Spinal Tap and The Rocky Horror Picture Show –a blast from the past (sorry) has become a cult journalism classic on the Internet with a reported 350-million hits. Forty years ago Oregon journalist Paul Linnman was assigned by an ABC affiliate to report on a scheme to get rid of a…
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“We’re in the dumps!!” and: “Freelancing not necessarily gainful!!!”
Oh, for those good old days — just last year wasn’t it? — when analysts trumpeted the economic value of the “creative class … “
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Will Al Jazeera inject new ideas in news coverage?
After some initial roadblocks, Al Jazeera English is on its way to Canada – good news for those of us who got hooked on their international coverage while travelling abroad. Details are in this J-Source report. With its 70 bureaus around the globe, including a proposed Canadian bureau, we can expect new voices, more news,…
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Death and democracy
How did the supposedly democratic Philippines rise to the top of the deadly international league table for the killing of journalists? Investigative journalist and author Terry Gould provided timely and shocking background to the deaths of 29 journalists there last week in an op-ed in Saturday’s Globe & Mail. The journalists were covering an attempt…
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Rules for kidnapping blackouts?
Should the media automatically observe news blackouts in all kidnapping cases? That was the question at the heart of a panel discussion organized by the Canadian Journalism Foundation at the University of Toronto’s Innis College on November 17. WATCH a video of the panel discussion. Arguing in favour was former hostage Robert Fowler, who said…