What about the old notion of journalism’s purpose being “to afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted”? The Globe and Mail today seems more interested in reflecting and reinforcing the assumptions of its tribe—those with household incomes of $125,000—than in challenging them.
A unique convergence of some of the best investigative minds from across the continent is coming to Toronto Nov. 9 and 10 for a cross-border event co-hosted by the CAJ Educational Foundation and the U.S.-based Investigative Reporters and Editors.
Aujourd’hui à la barre de la quotidienne 30 sur le radar sur LCN, François Bugingo a été, avec Points chauds à l’antenne de Télé-Québec, le premier noir à présenter une émission d’affaires publiques à la télévision québécoise. Selon lui, si les chaines peuvent être de mauvaise foi, c’est aussi aux communautés de faire l’effort d’imposer…
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Former Maisonneuve editor-in-chief Drew Nelles will join The Walrus as its senior editor in November. He replaces Rachel Giese, who recently left the position to become deputy editor at The Grid.
The Ontario Press Council dismissed complaints about the Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail’s stories on the Fords, saying the papers reported in a fair and ethical manner. Meanhwile, Toronto councillor Doug Ford dismissed the Press Council’s decisions as the work of "a bunch of old cronies."
Wayne Thibodeau has been named the news editor of The Guardian. He replaces Bill McGuire, who was appointed opinion/editorial editor following Roseanne Macdonald’s retirement.
A complainant said The National’s political affairs panel, At Issue, lacked balance. He though that the panelists were supporters of the Liberal and Conservative parties and that there needed to be someone to speak for the NDP. But CBC's ombudsman Esther Enkin found that the panelists were non-partisan, that the discussions were not based on…
Dans le cadre des Rencontres de La Presse, cinq journalistes d’enquête du quotidien montréalais sont montés sur la scène de l’Astral pour parler de leur métier. Devant une salle bondée, ils ont raconté l’excitation qui les anime et la joie qu’ils ressentent lorsqu’ils publient leur histoire après des mois d’enquête, mais également leurs peurs et…