How do cultural attitudes shape crime reporting?
Researchers to explore differences in European newsrooms in June conference.
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Two journalists arrested, one charged, at collision scene in Hamilton
Posts on social media show arrests actually taking place on May 16.
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Police practice of withholding crime victims’ names can pose challenges for journalistic credibility
One researcher calls this a “tremendous step back for press freedom” that could put the public at risk.
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Media ‘under threat’
Canada slips out of Top 20 in press freedom index.
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Police force’s demand for Toronto Star video interview flies under radar
Why the Toronto Star isn’t fighting a production order issued against them.
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Vice Media reporter must turn over materials to RCMP, appeal court rules
By The Canadian Press A Vice Media reporter must give the RCMP the background materials he used for stories on an accused terrorist, Ontario’s top court affirmed Wednesday. In a case that pitted freedom of the press against the ability of police and prosecutors to do their work, the Ontario Court of Appeal said it…
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Free expression organizations protest charges against reporter
By Grant Buckler Media and freedom of expression organizations are protesting after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police charged Justin Brake, a reporter for The Newfoundland and Labrador Independent, with mischief and disobeying a court order for entering the site of a controversial hydroelectric project. A group of Indigenous activists cut a lock at the Muskrat…
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Federal Court affirms “right to read” in paywall copyright case
By Teresa Scassa The Federal Court has just released a decision in a case that raised issues of fair dealing and copyright abuse. Blacklock’s, an Ottawa-based online news agency, had argued that officials at the Department of Finance breached its copyright in news articles when these articles were circulated internally. The decision is an important confirmation of…
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Canada’s criminal libel laws may threaten free speech
By Mitchell Thompson Criminal libel laws in Canada’s Criminal Code are being used increasingly to suppress speech that is critical of public officials and employees, Ryerson journalism professor Lisa Taylor said. Speaking at Ryerson University on Nov. 1, 2016, alongside Osgoode Hall law professor Jamie Cameron and Ryerson journalism professor James Turk, Taylor said criminal…
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Globe and Mail Public Editor: Thank you, readers, for suggesting we look at solitary confinement
By Sylvia Stead for The Globe and Mail In June, I asked readers what issues they felt should go under the media microscope. The Globe and Mail had been honoured for its work on military men and women suffering from post-traumatic stress and from its coverage of indigenous women, but there is always much more to do.…