Al Jazeera English journalist Mohamed Fahmy released the following statement to Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) through his family. Facing the difficult decision of whether to appeal his guilty verdict to the same corrupt judiciary that unjustly convicted him in the first place, Fahmy addresses the plight that he and his colleagues are facing.
Susan Fennell, who has been mayor of Brampton since 2000 and is now facing a tough race in her bid for re-election, undoubtedly has strong interest in publicly challenging the Toronto Star’s reporting and accusing the reporter who has doggedly held her to account of “bias,” writes public editor Kathy English.
From grieving family members to facts that cannot be easily checked and suppressing scandalous news, writing obituaries can be a challenge.
A complainant thought CBC News Thunder Bay was irresponsible in its coverage of community reaction to a controversial Ontario election newspaper ad placed by a local Libertarian Party candidate. He also questioned the use of a child’s response.
As newsrooms and their budgets shrivel and spin brigades multiply, the role journalists play in democracy has never been more important. It’s time reporters quit copping out, hiding behind faux cynicism and that tired “journalists aren’t joiners” excuse. It’s time we got organized and stood up for ourselves, writes Mary Agnes Welch.
Even when ad libbing, one should choose words carefully, writes CBC ombudsman Esther Enkin.
Want to get hired as a journalist? Follow columnist Joe Banks’s three steps and he guarantees you a full-time job.
Industry veteran and long-time journalism professor Joe Banks has launched a new column on the journalism industry and education called Media Musings.
Globe and Mail readers are a smart bunch. They are well-educated, well-read and they spot errors that others don’t.
If there is controversy, then it is a valid journalistic pursuit and in the public interest to explore ideas about it, writes Esther Enkin.