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…
Was Dan Rather’s career and reputation hijacked by his employer CBS trying to mollify the U.S. Republican far right?
Hard lesson: if you attempt censorship, you better hope it works….
It’s a tough time for Canadian magazines, but there are success stories — and ways to support publications….
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.
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.
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.
You want to claim the media’s biased? Incompetent? That there’s a conspiracy theory somewhere? Prove it.
The most interesting thing about the fourth-quarter results released by Canwest — with a shocking $1.02 billion loss — is that the newspaper division is making good money, albeit less than last year. Newspapers in the former…
Facing a mountain of debt, nosediving stock prices and an economic slowdown, media giant CanWest is amputating another 560 Canadian jobs, about five per cent of its current workforce…