Head Tweeter wants to create news network
The co-founder of Twitter has told Reuters he wants to work with other news organizations to create a Twitter News Service. To read more about what Biz Stone envisions, click through.
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Certification professionnelle: oui ou non?
Après La Presse, voici que Le Devoir publie une lettre ouverte concernant le statut professionnel des travailleurs de l'information. Richard E. Langelier, docteur en droit et spécialiste des médias, écrit qu'un statut pour les journalistes professionnels s'impose au nom de la protection du public.
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Texas court orders reporter to testify
Ann Louise Bardach and the New York Times have been fighting for five years to stop the reporter from being ordered to testify in the pre-trial of a Cuban anti-Castro militant indicted on charges of perjury, obstruction, naturalization fraud and providing false statements to immigration authorities. Bardach has now been ordered to testify. The Reporters…
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Waterloo protesters silence Blatchford
The University of Waterloo called off a speech by Globe and Mail columnist Christie Blatchford last Friday night after a small group of protesters accusing Blatchford of racism occupied the stage. Blatchford was there to talk about her book Helpless: Caledonia’s Nightmare of Fear and Anarchy, and How the Law Failed All of Us.
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Exoneration 101
When you’re investigating potential wrongful convictions, a variety of skills are necessary — some journalistic, some legal. That’s why a new partnership between journalism and law students at UBC makes perfectly good sense. Cecil Rosner reports.
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Can’t we all just get along?
In Canada, culture clashes are part of landscape – so it’s no surprise when journalism gets drawn into the dance. This past week, Maclean’s magazine stood accused of fueling Asian stereotypes, not the first time the magazine has been singled out for stereotyping. Meanwhile, a public talk by author and journalist Christie Blatchford collapsed amid…
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U of T prof says recent Maclean’s story on Asian students ‘fueled racial stereotypes’ and shows journalists’ failure to cover diversity
A recent Maclean’s article about Asian students at Canadian universities not only “fueled racial stereotypes” writes Minelle Mahtani, but it also revealed “a growing crisis in news and current affairs storytelling.” The former TV producer, now a prof at the U of T describes how journalists inadequately cover diverse communities at the same time she…
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Undercover investigation into offshore havens
A consortium of investigative reporters has just published a unique investigation into offshore tax havens. Part of the investigation used undercover work that eventually led to the arrest of a man alleged to be involved in a money-laundering scheme. Reporters with the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, which covers the Balkans and Eastern Europe,…
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L’État doit-il voler au secours de l’information?
La survie de l'information passe par une intervention de l'État sous forme d'aide financière, selon l'éditeur franco-américain André Schiffrin. Dans son dernier essai intitulé «L'argent et les mots», il suggère la création d’un fonds indépendant pour appuyer la libre circulation des idées.
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Whither Twitter?
An interesting posting on why one journalist — I know, there are many — thinks the rest of us should understand Twitter at the very least and get onto it. The CBC’s John Gushue links us back to the reasons Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger believes in Twitter.