One of the ways to mitigate a potential conflict is to declare it. The journalistic policy on commentators and on interviewees states that the audience should know important affiliations held by a program participant so the audience will be able to put a speaker’s remarks in context.
Journalists must be careful not to judge alleged criminals (or victims) with the language they use. That means asking themselves whether their words are revelatory to the reader, or are tilting the facts, writes The Globe and Mail's public editor Sylvia Stead.
Interest in the eagerly awaited annual blooming of the High Park cherry trees is high within the newsroom, so much so that a number of editors simply assumed a photo had captured the peak bloom that lasts only a few precious days each year. Of course, there are far more serious errors in journalism than this…
Rogers Media has shuffled some of its top editors at its business publications, and let go of an additional three staff. Canadian Business deputy editor James Cowan has been promoted to the editor-in-chief role effective immediately. Meanwhile, outgoing editor-in-chief Duncan Hood will take the helm of MoneySense as editor.
Toronto Star photographer Vince Talotta shares the practical and technical tips of capturing lively, spontaneous photos of younger children.
Voilà un titre emprunté à Lara Van Dievoet, doctorante à l’Université catholique de Louvain en Belgique, et qui cherche à comprendre pourquoi tant de reporters et autres lecteurs de nouvelles décident un jour de tout plaquer pour se mettre au service de la société et de leurs concitoyens. La jeune chercheure a présenté les premières…
Parce que les uns et les autres proviennent souvent des mêmes formations et entretiennent des liens amicaux, parce qu’avec l’arrivée des nouvelles technologies, ils utilisent les mêmes outils, notamment les réseaux sociaux, parce qu’il y a eu ces dernières années une multiplication des métiers, tant au sein du journalisme que des relations publiques… ces deux…
La FPJQ organise le 26 mai prochain un grand évènement-discussion animé par Raymond Saint-Pierre. Plusieurs journalistes ayant couvert des conflits ou des catastrophes naturelles ou humaines partageront leur expérience et expliqueront comment ils s’outillent pour parvenir à accepter l’inacceptable, faire leur travail et rapporter des histoires. Parmi eux, Akli Ait Abdallah, reporter à Ici-Radio Canada…
Newspaper publishers say the legislation could result in a $10-million annual loss, force some community newspapers to close, and result in 300 to 500 job losses in the province.
On May 24, 1906, Moncton mayor James Ryan was found guilty on two counts of assaulting newspaper publisher John Hawke.