Journalism angst: “get over it”
“Get over it” — best take this week on journalism angst …
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Harper and media control
“… the PMO could not be reached for comment.”’nuff said.
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L’importance du journalisme en politique municipale
Mathieu Dessureault, Université Laval «Le maire Régis Labeaume a-t-il un pouvoir de décision absolu?», telle a été la question lancée par Bruno Savard, animateur de l’émission Mise à jour du 3 novembre dernier au Canal Vox de Québec. Cette prémisse a servi de base à une émission principalement axée sur l’importance du journalisme face à…
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Canadian border guards detained journalist Amy Goodman
American journalist Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now on public radio, was detained and interrogated at a Canadian border crossing about whether she planned to talk about the Olympics in Vancouver in 2010 …
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CRTC Approves Al Jazeera English
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) today approved a request to add Al Jazeera English to the list of satellite television channels eligible for digital distribution in Canada. The decision means Canadian cable and satellite TV services can offer the 24-hour news channel — the English-language counterpart to the Arabic-language Al Jazeera — to…
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Al Jazeera: paving the way for consultative committees
Does the arrival of Al Jazeera English in Canada pave the way for “special consultative committees” to become a CRTC requirement? Which media organization should be next …
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Al Jazeera approved in Canada
Al Jazeera English will soon be available in Canada, following Thursday’s decision by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to approve the channel for cable and satellite distribution.
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Can investigative journalism thrive without profit?
With non-profit and foundation-sponsored institutes of investigative journalism emerging across the U.S., Cecil Rosner examines the burning question of sustainability.
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Lindhout/Brennan released
Journalists Amanda Lindhout and Nigel Brennan were released Wednesday, reported numerous sources, more than one year after they were kidnapped near Mogadishu in August 2008. Lindhout told CTV news that she was beaten and tortured by criminals whose motive was money, and that the pair was released after their families paid ransom. Lindhout, a Canadian…
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Journalists slaughtered in the Philippines
Journalists and others around the world have reacted with horror to the latest political slaughter in the Philippines. With the full death toll still uncertain, some 36 people are reported dead – a dozen or more of them journalists. Twenty-one bodies have been recovered. It’s thought others may have been buried. The International News…