The horrific bombing and shooting rampage in Norway generated global front page coverage and raised several media-related debates. First, 24-hour media outlets stand accused of fact-free conjecture for broadcasting news of the Islamist attack that wasn’t. Then there is the issue of the court-ordered media ban, and whether or not the media acts as a…
Montréal accueillera, au printemps prochain, un colloque international visant à repenser le rôle du journalisme au Canada et les politiques publiques le régissant, afin de mieux le soutenir. Intitulé «Stratégies publiques pour le journalisme dans l’environnement médiatique canadien: débats, diversité et financement», il est organisé par des chercheurs des universités McGill, Concordia et Laval, ainsi…
Rogers Communications has released its second quarter results — and things are looking pretty good for its media division.
L'ombudsman de Radio-Canada, Julie Miville-Dechêne, quittera son poste le 31 juillet. Entrée en fonction le 1er avril 2007, elle a été nommée pour cinq ans. Elle part donc 9 mois avant la fin de son contrat.
There's a good chance you didn't make it to the Screen Futures conference in Australia, but UBC journalism prof Alfred Hermida did. After all, the conference featured a talk based on his new co-authored book, Participatory Journalism: Guarding Open Gates at Online Newspapers. Now, he's offering a write-up of the talk's main points on his…
The Globe and Mail is set to move, but only next door.
In 2008, the Toronto Star published an article online about a Toronto man who was charged with the sexual assault of a pre-teen girl. More than a year later, the charges were dropped. "Now, not surprisingly," writes Toronto Star public editor Kathy English, "The man wants the news of his arrest to disappear from the…
Six mois après le dépôt du Rapport Payette, qui recommandait au gouvernement du Québec l'adoption d'une loi pour doter les journalistes d'un titre professionnel, l'Association canadienne des journalistes reste indécise. Est-elle en faveur de la principale recommandation du Groupe de travail sur le journalisme et l'avenir de l'information? Alexandra Bosanac, collaboratrice de notre branche anglophone,…
Poynter has gathered front page treatments from papers across the globe of the Oslo, Norway attacks. In Canada, the Toronto Sun and National Post both made the list. As Poynter notes, many papers from around the world showed a photo of the 32-year-old Norwegian man police say confessed to the killings; other papers ignored the attacks entirely.…
Bill Keller's columns for the New York Times Magazine will end in September, six months after they started.