On a recent Today Show, the host was interviewing a woman who lost her home in a California mudslide. It was an tearful exchange, but according to this entry in Dave Cullen’s blog, the interviewer missed an opportunity to show empathy, instead of going after more information. Cullen says a journalist needs to be ready…
There’s a compelling article in the Ryerson Review of Journalism that asks questions we should all be trying to answer about why we as an unchallenged rule immediately decide not to cover a suicide — unless, of course, it’s a “public figure.” Author Liam Casey says: “reporters have a duty to cover all aspects of…
The Toronto Star has also posted its photo faves and, for those of you who don’t have a chance to read the Star, you should check out the quality of work its photographers are doing, too. And for those of you on the East Coast, here’s the same thing from the Vancouver Sun.
Some amazing photographic work in this slideshow by the New York Times of some of its best pictures of 2010. Some truly powerful pictorial statements.
Globe and Mail columnist Norman Spector takes a swipe at major media in his blog with a posting about his G&M column on Stephen and Laureen Harper being pulled from the website. An excerpt: “For my part, after considering these and a couple of other suggestions forwarded to me privately, I’m still of the opinion…
In Peace Meals: Candy-Wrapped Kalashnikovs and Other War Stories, correspondent Anna Badkhen writes about conflict and food, and how sharing a meal in “the most forlorn and violent places on earth” can be a reassertion of life itself. A review by Claude Adams.
Reporters Without Borders announced today it will help out WikiLeaks in its attempt to stay online: “This is a gesture of support for WikiLeaks’ right to publish information without being obstructed,” it said in a report.“We defend the free flow of information on the internet and the protection of sources, without which investigative journalism cannot…
The Centre for International Media Assistance, based in the U.S., has released a report on citizen journalism. This is how it describes its purpose:“This paper examines both the opportunities and challenges facing citizen journalism in foreign lands, focusing especially on the so-called purple (not free) and yellow (partly free) zones, as defined by the Freedom…
The New York Post decided to make a statement about Michael Vick, thanks to some creative photoshop. It’s cute but it sure ain’t journalism. Or is it?
Back in May, Jeffrey Dvorkin, one of the folks who was involved with As It Happens back in the 1990s, wrote in his blog about Barbara Budd’s sudden retirement announcement: “The ostensible reason for Barbara’s dismissal is because the CBC says it wants to replace announcers with journalists.” And so the result of this search…