2009 | J-Source

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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.…
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…
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 …
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…
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,…
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…
“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 … “…
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…
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…
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…

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