CBC hands over documents to committee – but only some
After weeks of fighting dozens of access-to-information requests, the CBC has now relinquished some – but not all – of the requested documents to the parliamentary committee demanding the files.
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One soldier, one Tweet: remembering Canada’s war dead
Twitter gives its users a platform to broadcast, to promote, and to converse. Melanie Coulson tells us how one journalist used it to help Canadians remember the history of our fallen soldiers. This post was originally published on Coulson's blog, Journomel.com
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Torstar offers 1,050 voluntary buyouts
It’s confirmed: Torstar is offering 1,050 voluntary severance packages to its 6,000-plus employees.
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Quebecor vs Radio-Canada: Gesca s’en mêle
Le président et chef de la direction de Quebecor, Pierre Karl Péladeau a tenu «des propos inexacts et injustifiés à l'égard de La Presse Télé», selon le vice-président aux Affaires juridiques de Gesca, Patrick Buchholz. En réponse à la comparution de M.Péladeau, le mois dernier, devant le Comité permanent de l'accès à l'information de la…
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Toronto Star buyouts?
Reuters is reporting that some big changes are on the way for the Toronto Star. *Updated
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Participatory Journalism: an interview with Alfred Hermida
Lisa Lynch chats with Participatory Journalism co-author and UBC associate professor Alfred Hermida about citizen involvement in the news, comment policies, and newsroom innovation.
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Canadian Journalism Foundation Job Posting for Associate Editor, Canadian Journalism Project (J-Source.ca)
Canadian Journalism FoundationJob Posting for Associate Editor, Canadian Journalism Project (J-Source.ca) Full-time contract positionStart Date: November 2011Term of Contract: 1 year contractSalary: $35,000 – $40,000 / yearApplication Deadline: November 11, 2011 J-Source.ca is the number one Canadian journalism news website in the country. To ensure we keep providing news, opinion and resources about our profession…
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ONG et journalistes: une relation amour-haine
«Les ONG sont des entreprises habillées en Mère Teresa et les journalistes ne le voient pas.» C'est sur cette citation tirée du livre The Crisis Caravane de la journaliste néerlandaise Linda Polman, qu'a commencé aujourd'hui une table ronde intitulée «Les ONG et les journalistes» et organisée par le Centre d'études et de recherches internationales (CERIUM)…
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Ming Pao’s union fight
When workers at Ming Pao, one of Toronto’s largest Chinese daily newspapers, started to unionize this summer things got nasty fast. Management laid off union organizers and openly likened others to Maoists. Seven weeks into the resulting strike, Rhiannon Russell visits the picket line for the inside scoop.
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Where are women’s opinions?
We know women have opinions, but where are they? Last year J-Source reported on the lack of women writing for op-ed pages. Now a new website is taking aim at the a lack of female pundits. Coupled with a dearth of female magazine bylines, you have to wonder what’s going on. Is it because the…