Today’s media links from Canada and beyond: The story of the Canadian Women’s Press Club, CityTV Saskatchewan launch and a twitter debate on how journos should cover Africa. And today’s read: scientists new discovery is “consistent” with the Higgs boson.
For Internet users accustomed to posting, linking, tweeting, pinning, or otherwise communicating the news of the day online, they can breathe a sigh of relief as a recent decision from the Federal Court of Canada sends a strong signal that such activities fall within the law.
A Canadian charity is linking up with a British one to boost hazardous environment training for Canadian freelance journalists.
Laurier Brantford’s journalism school is hiring for two teaching positions for its 2012-2013 academic year, and Bruce Gillespie, an instructor at the school, gave some insight into what they’re looking for in each of the positions over on his blog:
As taken from EvidenceNetwork.ca's posting for this internship: Deadline for the 2012 Internship: July 31, 2012 EvidenceNetwork.ca is a non-partisan, web-based project funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Manitoba Health Research Council to make the latest evidence on controversial health policy issues available to the media. Internships are offered by EvidenceNetwork.ca annually. The next…
Today’s media links from Canada and beyond: Six journos awarded Order of Canada, journalism ethics in today’s digital age, charities link up to give more safety training to freelancers and AP’s summer intern dies in Mexico City. And today’s read: The National Post on Anderson Cooper coming out of the closet and if it really matters.
The Federal Court of Canada's ruling involving a website that linked to a National Post column and a photographer's website is seen as good news for those who ink to news, according to law professor Michael Geist. In his column in today's Star, linked here, of course, he describes how by dismissing the claims against…
Men — men everywhere. Clawing, groping and raping with their hands. Others watching. Women averting their eyes. That is the story that independent journalist and student Natasha Smith described on her blog this week.
Pierre Sormany admet avoir commis une faute en associant le chroniqueur et ex-politicien Jean Lapierre à la mafia sur Facebook. Néanmoins, il assure qu'il s'agit d'un accident. Les deux hommes se font face au Palais de justice de Montréal depuis mardi. M. Lapierre réclame 350 000 dollars à l'ancien patron de l'émission Enquête pour diffamation.
Today’s media links from Canada and beyond: B.C. cartoonist’s animation pulled off website, CBC/Radio-Canada’s Board of Director gets new Chairperson, CTV London reporter wins SONG award and a young journalist writes about experiencing sexual assault while reporting. And today’s read: Neiman Lab helps you test your own news bias.