How the ‘right kind’ of media can help prevent youth suicide
The right kind of media attention may actually play a positive role in increasing mental health awareness and help-seeking behaviour.
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Pack journalism, and a timely lesson about social media
In the world of social media, reporters are covering fewer stories, not more.
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Globe public editor: Ghomeshi video headline was dumb, insensitive
It was dumb to raise the issue of Jian Ghomeshi’s brand at a time when the police are investigating very serious allegations.
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Star public editor: Reporting on Jian Ghomeshi demanded great care
What the Star reported was neither gossip, nor rumour and innuendo, writes public editor Kathy English. Rather, what the Star shared with its readers was responsible reporting on a devastating and deeply disturbing story.
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CBC ombudsman: Make it clear to make it accurate
The complainant, Ed B, is being identified only by his first name and last initial because revealing his full name would compromise his professional position.
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Book review: 11 journalists take on The Next Big Thing
Based on the Dalton Camp Lectures in Journalism, an annual series at St. Thomas University, in Fredericton, 11 esteemed journalists talk at length about journalism, Canada, war, standing up to power, our tumultuous era and much more.
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What the media didn’t get right covering the attack in Ottawa
While Canadian coverage was praised worldwide, it catered to a national audience. Seemingly mundane questions—such as whether buses were running and which roads were closed—didn’t become the focus of local coverage until much later the day.
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Ottawa Shooting: News as immediate, messy, public process
Social media has changed how we know and respond to events.
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Seymour Hersh, Twitter and a lesson in “off the record”
By Nicole Blanchett Neheli As a journalist, I’ve occasionally been told things that were “off the record.” But I was astonished to hear those words from legendary investigative reporter Seymour Hersh. I was standing an arm’s length from the Pulitzer-Prize-winner, live-tweeting as he spoke on camera about the state of journalism. About 15 minutes in…
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Book Review: Irving vs. Irving details perils of media monopoly in New Brunswick
Veteran CBC New Brunswick journalist Jacques Poitras’ new book, Irving vs. Irving: Canada’s Feuding Billionaires and the Stories They Won’t Tell, is a lively collection about how the Irvings run their newspapers and the working conditions for editors and journalists there.