The criteria that the latest CAJ report lays out are just a jumping off point; the report's authors want it to serve as part of the conversation about the role our profession plays in a rapidly-evolving media environment. Read the transcript of last week’s discussion with CAJ report author and The Globe and Mail B.C. bureau…
CKNW's Gord MacDonald blasts B.C. Premier Christy Clark after the politician took a swipe at her former radio station.
When the Canadian Association of Journalists’ ethics advisory committee reluctantly took up the task of defining journalism, it struggled, at first, to find a way forward. Then, writes Patrick Brethour, it stumbled on a solution: define what journalism is not. The result: three simple tests, one tentative proposal.
It used to be that everyone knew, or thought they knew, what journalism was and who journalists were. Those were the days when journalists served as the gatekeepers to public information–an idea that now seems archaic. This report from the CAJ Ethics Advisory Committee is a response to questions considered by the committee surrounding the…
J-Links for July 17: Chris Selley on journos getting quote approval, Canadians want to be consulted before they lose CBC transmission sites, Saskatoon radio announcer dies at 86, The New York Times’ new public editor. And today’s read: A shooting at a BBQ in Scarborough, Ont. leaves two dead and 21 injured, including toddlers.
A feature in the latest issue of Macleans lays out how Todd found Homolka in the rural setting of Guadeloupe and how her photographer camped on a neighbour’s goat farm for four days in order to get a shot of Paul Bernardo’s convinced partner in crime.
Today's media links from Canada and beyond: Ottawa Citizen columnist David Warren's final column, less is more in sportscasting, CBC to pay more than $19,000 in unauthorized usage of photos, new book on journos around the globe. And today's read: Pew report says YouTube has become a major news platform.
A unique investigative journalism workshop developed by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers will be held in Toronto July 19. The society's membership co-ordinator, Mark Scarp, describes the workshop and some of its speakers.
Pulitzer Prize-winner Jesse Eisinger of ProPublica will talk about investigative reporting at a workshop for the Society of American Business Editors and Writers on Thursday, July 19.
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