In journalism, we are focused on publicizing, rather than protecting, information, writes Canadian Association of Journalists ethics committee member Meredith Levine. There is currently little in the way of legal, professional or ethical obligations for journalists to consider the effect of their stories on the subjects of those stories, but perhaps there should be. …
Sharing information with a reporteris not a risk free act. There is a range of potential consequences for subjects and sources. The Canadian Association of Journalists ethics committee considered if interview subjects can really give consent without a chat about the consequences of their interview.
The Canadian University Press has launched a fundraising campaign to raise $50,000 to save itself. The newswire in dire financial straits, and if the money cannot be raised, it will likely shut down.
In the latest round of buyouts at Postmedia Network, five staff are leaving The Gazette, in Montreal.
In new B.C. Supreme Court documents, John Furlong, the CEO of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics admits he has no proof that a journalist made an abuse complaint about him to the RCMP.
White, editor-in-chief of the Canadian Press, told staff Monday he was leaving the news agency.
Beyond the fact that Mansbridge and his CBC bosses thought it fine for him to accept a paying gig at an oil conference, journalism professor Dan Rowe explains what the incident says about how journalists take their cues from politicians in determining what is newsworthy.
A Saskatchewan lawyer is alleging Sun News Network host Ezra Levant defamed him in a series of blog posts and is seeking $100,000 in damages.
Alors que les élections provinciales semblent devoir être déclenchées mercredi, chaque parti annonce ses candidats vedettes. Parmi eux, Dominique Payette dans Charlesbourg. L’ex-journaliste, professeure au département d'information et de communication de l’Université Laval, auteure en 2011 d’un rapport sur l’avenir de l’information au Québec et toute récente mairesse de Lac-Delage, se présente en effet sous…
A reader from Alberta asks if he should hold out until he’s in his 30s to land a well-paying journalism gig or if he should jump ship now and move onto another industry that pays better and has more job security. CAJ president Hugo Rodrigues responds to this latest Ask a Mentor question.