The assassination of Tara Singh Hayer
Ten years ago today B.C. newspaper publisher Tara Singh Hayer was gunned down, becoming the first journalist killed in Canada for doing his work.
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Rupert Murdoch is optimistic
Bon mots from Rupert Murdoch’s radio address for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (is the News Corp. chair trying to buy that too?), in which he argues newspaper industry doomsayers are “misguided cynics” and the Internet is an exciting opportunity…
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Dying newsroom
Now this is just sad: a Mother Jones photo essay of a dying newsroom. Pictures are worth 1,000 words — especially when there are no more words being written.
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Mellissa Fung case and military media control
Murray Brewster of the Canadian Press has an interesting angle on the media secrecy around Mellissa Fung’s kidnapping. An excerpt of the story:“Keeping the public in the dark about what could have been a politically explosive incident – Fung was kidnapped two days before a federal election – has set “a huge precedent,” according to…
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Rather making headway in CBS suit
Was Dan Rather’s career and reputation hijacked by his employer CBS trying to mollify the U.S. Republican far right?
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Wikicensorship protest
Hard lesson: if you attempt censorship, you better hope it works….
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Review and Canadian magazines
It’s a tough time for Canadian magazines, but there are success stories — and ways to support publications….
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Safety overseas
Canwest’s Mary Frances Hill reports on how “journalists who cover the world’s most dangerous stories rely on instinct and common sense for their protection.” The piece — prompted by the kidnapping and recent release of CBC reporter Mellissa Fung– includes anecdotes and tips from Claude Adams; Jonathan Fowlie; and Jane Armstrong.
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API summit: Yep, it’s a crisis all right
What happens when you gather 50 U.S. newspaper executives and put them behind closed doors to brainstorm solutions to the troubles rocking their industry? The American Press Institute did that last week and the results were: Most agreed the newspaper business is in a state of crisis and … then they went home. Read API’s report.
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Mellissa Fung case examined
Kathy English, The Toronto Star’s public editor, examines how media reported on two ethically-difficult cases: the kidnapping of CBC reporter Mellissa Fung in Afghanistan, and the jailing in North Korea of Alberta dental technician Je Yell Kim.