Tuesday Tabs: free expression in B.C. and the new New Republic
News about the news for the week of August 11.
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Charter challenge against practice that saw cops posing as reporters dismissed
An Ontario superior court judge has dismissed a charter challenge filed against a practice that saw a handful of provincial police officers pose as journalists.
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Considering the prison problem in Marian Botsford Fraser’s “Life on the Instalment Plan”
This 2010 Walrus feature uses limited sources to tell a story that’s deeply personal and a microcosm of the larger issues besetting Correctional Services Canada.
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What the OMNI cuts mean for newcomer communities and journalists
Though multilingual publications and broadcasts have relatively small markets, it’s a mistake to overlook their political diversity, reach and longevity say advocates.
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RCMP investigating after CBC reporter kissed by stranger on camera
CBC reporter Megan Batchelor was covering a music festival in Squamish, B.C., north of Vancouver, on Friday when a man kissed her on the cheek and took a selfie.
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Secret negotiations trading away CBC
The Conservative government is taking part in secret international trade talks that could threaten the future of CBC.
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What’s it like to be a sports columnist when the home team is losing?
So far this season, Regina Leader-Post’s Rob Vanstone has spent at least twice as long answering emails from distraught Roughriders fans as he has writing columns.
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Can today’s journalists do their duties?
Industry and economic changes are shaping journalists’ abilities to fulfill journalism’s democratic role.
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Tuesday Tabs: Rolling Stone shakeup and Mark Starowicz says farewell to CBC
News about the news for the week of August 4.
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Profiling politicians with first-person narratives in David Macfarlane’s “Inside the Head”
A writer’s letter to himself as a story format becomes an extended metaphor for the media and general public’s perceptions of former Ontario premier Mike Harris