Move over, This Is Spinal Tap and The Rocky Horror Picture Show –a blast from the past (sorry) has become a cult journalism classic on the Internet with a reported 350-million hits. Forty years ago Oregon journalist Paul Linnman was assigned by an ABC affiliate to report on a scheme to get rid of a…
Oh, for those good old days — just last year wasn’t it? — when analysts trumpeted the economic value of the “creative class … “
Should the media automatically observe news blackouts in all kidnapping cases? That was the question at the heart of a panel discussion organized by the Canadian Journalism Foundation at the University of Toronto’s Innis College on November 17. WATCH a video of the panel discussion. Arguing in favour was former hostage Robert Fowler, who said…
“Get over it” — best take this week on journalism angst …
“… the PMO could not be reached for comment.”’nuff said.
American journalist Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now on public radio, was detained and interrogated at a Canadian border crossing about whether she planned to talk about the Olympics in Vancouver in 2010 …
Does the arrival of Al Jazeera English in Canada pave the way for “special consultative committees” to become a CRTC requirement? Which media organization should be next …
Forget time-lines. Forget historical analysis. Forget still photos or documentaries. This look at the impact of unemployment rates is one of the most effective examples of creative — and visual – journalism I’ve seen.
While Japan’s government complains about a too-chummy press gallery, Canada’s press complains about a lack of access to government …
To a Canadian, where the government exerts increasing control on media and opposes transparency, this story seems like a tale from some fantasy opposite world: Japan’s government wants a tougher press. “Japan’s new government is challenging one of the nation’s most powerful interest groups, the press clubs, a century-old, cartel-like arrangement in which reporters from…