British journalist Johann Hari has written a front-page personal apology — more than two months after he was suspended from The Independent on accusations of plagiarism and fabrication, plus personal attacks on other journalists. Surely, Hari meant it to be sincere. Many journalists, however, say it better fits the old cliché: too little, too late.
La pige en région, c'est possible. Tous les mois, le bulletin d'information de l'Association des journalistes indépendants du Québec (AJIQ) en fait la démonstration en brossant le portrait d'un journaliste pigiste installé loin des grands centres. Ce mois-ci Sophie Mangado s'est entretenue avec Yves Ouellet, un reporter spécialisé en tourisme et en plein-air basé à…
Le journaliste Louis Falardeau est décédé lundi à 68 ans. Il a été «un des meilleurs journalistes politiques de sa génération», estime le chroniqueur Yves Boisvert de La Presse, mais aussi un militant de la cause journalistique au Québec.
Hollywood has enjoyed a long romance with journalists and the newsroom; it’s estimated that approximately 2,000 fictional films have been produced in the US with journalists as main and peripheral characters. J-Source's editor-in-chief Janice Neil shares our top 10 picks.
À l'heure où les médias ferment un à un leurs bureaux à l'étranger et se rabattent sur les journalistes indépendants, le Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma lance deux bourses pour permettre aux pigistes de suivre une formation sur les milieux hostiles.
Canadian freelancers can now receive funds to attend hazardous environment safety training courses in the U.S. or Britain.
Couldn't make it to the Canadian Journalism Foundation's forum on financial journalism? Catch up by scrolling through J-Source's liveblog for some juicy and informative quotes, or sit down with Students' Lounge editor Rhiannon Russell's round-up.
It's common knowledge that Toronto mayor Rob Ford won't talk to the Toronto Star. If the new "Free Press and Democracy" motion is passed, however, Ford might not be able to keep mum much longer. J-Source's new Students' Lounge editor Rhiannon Russell reports on the Ford-Star saga, the new motion, and what it could mean,…
A post about UBC’s ‘Reporting in Indigenous Communities’ course had the Big Issue editor combing J-Source for related articles – and finding surprisingly few. Beyond the odd book review and student documentary, posts that debate the issues are hard to find. The same seems to be true looking beyond J-Source. Indigenous journalism is well covered…
Six Ryerson journalism students contributed to the research and reporting of a three-part series published recently in the Toronto Star which detailed troubling practices in some Ontario high schools. The first story, by Robert Cribb, documented how some Ontario high school students are getting into university with inflated grades purchased from some privately run, for…