In Feeling Canadian, Marusya Bociurkiw tackles the difficult and often frustrating topic of Canadian identity. Bociurkiw’s work yields a wide-ranging book that often strays from its initial objective: to explore Canadian television and national practices from 1995 to 2002.
Canadian journalist Muhammad Lila had been anchoring newscasts and reporting for CBC since 2008, and in that time has covered local, national and international stories. Now, he begins a new role as ABC’s foreign correspondent to Pakistan, Afghanistan and the region.
In moves that editor-in-chief John Stackhouse say reflect the shifts in the industry, The Globe and Mail is shaking up its management. J-Source’s Belinda Alzner reports on Sylvia Stead’s appointment as The Globe’s first public editor as well as the other newly created positions and changed roles that reflect a move toward greater accountability and a more digital focus.
Une partie du web s'est éteinte aujourd'hui pour protester contre le projet de loi américain Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) et son projet de loi compagnon, le Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA). Plusieurs regroupements journalistiques joignent le mouvement et dénoncent le risque d'une censure d'Internet à grande échelle.
You nominated 28 newspersons from across the country – from both the mainstream media and community news alike. While our panel of judges review the nominations to decide on this year’s winner, Rhiannon Russell and Belinda Alzner have rounded up the stories, coverage and impact that was given as reason for each nomination in a…
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has joined Wikipedia, Reddit, WordPress and a number of other big players in an internet blackout against the Stop Piracy Online Act (SOPA) that has garnered widespread criticism in the United States.
The death of Canada’s election results ban was fittingly announced on Twitter on Jan. 13. The law – which prohibited the reporting of results across time zones – survived a mass tweet last election, but just barely. While media organizations have long criticized the ban, it took a lone citizen to lay down the legal…
The Globe and Mail has appointed Sylvia Stead as its first public editor. Stead, who will be reporting to editor-in-chief John Stackhouse as well as the publisher as needed, will start in the new position at Canada’s largest national newspaper on Jan 23.
C'est officiel, le Huffington Post Québec sera lancé le 8 février à Montréal, en présence de la présidente du Groupe Média Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington. AOL Canada en a fait l'annonce en début d'après-midi par le biais d'une invitation de presse envoyée aux journalistes.
The pressures of working on the front lines in a news-gathering and producing role have been recognized once again.