Par Colette Brin La première crise sociale de l’ère numérique au Québec offre un terrain d’observation privilégié pour les chercheurs en communication. En attendant les résultats de recherche sur ce mouvement de contestation (qu’on espère nombreux et éclairants!), quelques remarques à chaud sur la critique des médias et certaines pratiques émergentes observées en ce «printemps…
Today’s round-up of media links from Canada and beyond: CBC adds hockey talk for women, CTV Ottawa news director wins award, Huffpost Canada's first birthday and a small yet powerful paper in Syria. And today’s read: more than 500 protestors arrested in Montreal last night.
‘Did you see that guy’s hair?' That’s the kind of commentary CBC is looking to offer its female viewers during the upcoming Stanley Cup Finals. Lena Sutherland and Jules Mancuso, who run whilethemenwatch.com, will run the sports talk show, which they describe as “Sex and the City” meets ESPN.
Jan Wong était journaliste de premier plan et chroniqueuse pour le Globe and Mail lorsque "L'affaire Wong" a explosé en 2006. Plus tôt ce mois-ci, elle a publié "Out of the Blue", un livre qui documente les conséquences de sa chronique controversée sur la fusillade du Collège Dawson. Interrogée par Belinda Alzner de J-Source (vis-à-vis…
OpenFile Montreal reporter gets arrested at a Montreal student demonstration and tweets his way to being rescued.
Jan Wong was a high-profile reporter and columnist for The Globe and Mail up until “L’affaire Wong” in 2006. Earlier this month she self-published Out of the Blue, a book that documents the fallout from her infamous column on the Dawson College shootings. Now, she tells Belinda Alzner how one column changed her career and…
Today’s round-up of media links from Canada and beyond: Digital Journal’s accomplishment, media execs at Banff Media Festival, a journos move to work for the government and why some journalists are moving to the Middle East. And today’s read: Facebook is hit with lawsuits and subpoenas.
Par Roxanne Léouzon Comment fonctionne la pige dans d'autres pays? L'herbe y est-elle plus verte pour les journalistes indépendants? Détour par la Suisse romande où on distingue les "journalistes libres" des "journalistes indépendants". Les deux groupes sont composés de pigistes, mais les "libres" ont une convention collective qui établit les conditions de travail, les principes de base…
Photojournalist Peter Bregg has returned from a three-week tour of Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan where he was photographing senator Roméo Dallaire and his work in the demobilization and reintegration of child soldiers. He spoke to Angelina Irinici about his experience and how difficult assignments can still choke him up.
While the physical danger that war reporters face is often well-documented, the psychological ill-effects that they may encounter long after leaving a conflict zone are still relatively untouched in terms of industry discourse. Here, Angelina Irinici sheds some light on the psychological issues that some front-line journalists face — and why they should get help.