Tuesday Tabs: finding fixers, Global’s new broadcasts and event revenue in journalism
News about the news for the week of May 26.
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This week in FOI news: Canada Post, asbestos and Parliamentary time machines
Much ink was spilled about the Harper administration’s plan to retroactively deny access to long gun registry records and its muzzling of federal scientists.
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The CUP crisis, one year later
A year after laying off 12 staff and nearly shutting down due to financial pressures, the student press organization is mostly back on its feet—but still has a few challenges to tackle.
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The casual sexism of being a female journalist
FHRITP is only one example of the insidious sexism people face in the field.
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Media on the move: May 2015, Part 2
Here’s our regular update on the moves, hires and promotions in Canadian journalism for the second half of May.
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Can crowd-funded environmental journalism thrive?
“Silenced Spring” profiles environment reporters who are asking the public for money in order to write in-depth, quality stories that they feel are lacking in mainstream media.
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Weak Canadian FOI rules need revision, says information commissioner
The public’s access to government information in Canada will only improve if existing legislation is reworked completely, says Suzanne Legault.
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Tuesday Tabs: Periscoping a front-page layout, the newsroom’s mental health crisis
News about the news for the week of May 19.
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When newspapers are inconsistent FOI allies
The Globe and Mail endorsed Suzanne Legault’s FOI reforms report—but its editorial board also been equivocal in its support for one of its main principles.
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Beautiful houses, tormented homes in Don Gillmor’s “Shelter from the Storm”
This 2008 Walrus article weaves together the story of the Gillmor’s family and Frank Lloyd Wright’s, who built homes for families quite unlike the author’s.