The 2008 death toll in journalism, reported the International Federation of Journalists, was 109 reporters and other news media workers killed on assignment. That figure looks better than 175 deaths last year but the federation warned that a wave of killings in January this year could mean 2008 was a short respite. Iraq remained the…
Utne has the goods on the guy tracking the death of North American media on Twitter. “The media is dying” is a virtual death knell of journalism, so relentless in its bad news and profoundly depressing I sometimes ignore Twitter for hours because I just can’t look any more…
New anti-terrorism laws set to be introduced in the UK next month are expected to increase the powers of police office to stop photographers from taking photos in public places.
Tough times for newspapers are not just bad for journalists, they are bad for society. Former Toronto Star publisher John Honderich suggests five models for rescuing public interest journalism in an era of revolutionary change.
Journalists have been asking for electronic records from Canadian governments for at least 15 years. There have been a few encouraging developments, writes Fred Vallance-Jones, but a recent FOI audit showed we have a long way to go.
Colette Brin, ProjetJ | Un hebdomadaire anglophone gratuit de Montréal sera imprimé pour la dernière fois jeudi. Les efforts pour rentabiliser The Monitor, une publication de Transcontinental, n’auraient pas porté fruit. Le journal continuera cependant d’être publié en ligne. Deux employés des ventes et un cadre seront mis à pied.
NewsOntario journalists are being denied their right to view and copy basic court documents under questionable provincial access policies. In response, Tracey Tyler, the Toronto Star‘s legal affairs reporter, and Toronto media lawyer Tony Wong have compiled The Justice Reporter, a 14-page newsletter that explores the problem and demands solutions. A second edition, assessing the…
The global economic crisis has spurred discussion about how to keep the presses rolling. A recent Columbia Journalism Review article asks: Should government help? When Denver’s Andrew Hudson used his online job-posting site as a forum to float a newspaper tax to save the Rocky Mountain News, the ensuing discussion was surprisingly supportive. “You’d have…
“Imagine … turning on your home computer to read the day’s newspaper! It’s not as far-fetched as it sounds…”Hat tip to the NY Times’s “Bits.”
Colette Brin, ProjetJ | Le conflit au Journal de Montréal retient l’attention de plusieurs journalistes au quotidien Le Devoir. Michel David y va d’une charge contre les chroniqueurs qui maintiennent leur collaboration, en particulier Bernard Landry, qui a voté la loi antiscab. Selon le chroniqueur du Devoir, il s’agirait d’une infraction à l’esprit, sinon la…