The Canadian Civil Liberties Association has asked Fredericton police for an explanation of why a local blogger, Charles LeBlanc, is being investigated under the little-used law of criminal libel. In a Feb. 1 letter, the group seeks an explanation of why LeBlanc, "apparently a vocal critic of the police force," had his computer seized…
If Sun TV execs care about Canadian broadcasting standards, they might be relieved by a supportive CBSC ruling on the infamous Margie Gillis interview – although some argue the council didn’t apply the right code. The ruling follows the ‘new Canadians’ scandal, which at its low point erupted into a Twitter-spat between Ezra Levant and…
AMARC – Prof. Vinod Pavarala, Dean, Sarojini Naidu School of Arts & Communication, University of Hyderabad has been chosen to be the first ever UNESCO Chair on Community Media. The four-year appointmnent will serve as a knowledge and resource centre for the study and promotion of community media, including such things as community radio, participatory…
Applications for the Canadian Association of Journalists awards that will be presented at the CAJ gala in April will be closing Feb. 8.
Was the Canadian Association of Broadcasters Code of Ethics the most appropriate to use in evaluating Sun News' Krista Erickson's interview last summer with contemporary dancer Margie Gillis? Marc-François Bernier isn't so sure, and asks whether the Council's decision would have been different if a more journalism-specific code of ethics had been used.
The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council received 6,676 complaints after Krista Erickson interviewed contemporary dancer Margie Gillis on a segment of Canada Live on Sun News Network on June 1, 2011, but after review, has concluded that the broadcast did not violate provisions under the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ Code of Ethics.
Mount Royal University is hiring an assistant professor in journalism. Application deadline is Feb. 24.
Par Marc-François Bernier Plusieurs ont été surpris d’apprendre que le Conseil canadien des normes de la radiotélévision (CCNR) a rejeté les plaintes concernant la façon dont la journaliste Krista Erickson (Sun News) avait malmené l’artiste Margie Gillis. Il faut savoir que pour en arriver à une telle conclusion, le CCNR a utilisé un code de déontologie…
Depuis une semaine, le Journal de Montréal et son homologue de la capitale, le Journal de Québec, ont un nouveau visage sur Internet. La présidente et éditrice du JdeM, Lyne Robitaille, estime mettre sur le marché rien de moins qu'«un site qui redéfinit la norme pour transmettre l'information sur Internet». ProjetJ a rencontré deux des architectes de ce virage…
Rob Wipond has written a dizzying account trying to get to the bottom of privacy issues surrounding ALPR technology for the Feb 2012 issue of Victoria-based magazine FOCUS.