Démission du chef de Scotland Yard, arrestations à la pelle, excuses publiques du Premier ministre David Cameron… le scandale des écoutes téléphoniques du News of the World ne cesse de prendre de l'ampleur. Aujourd'hui, le journaliste Sean Hoare, qui a été le premier à dénoncer à visage découvert les pratiques du tabloïd, a été trouvé…
In the wake of yet another media scandal, asks Huffington Post Canada's Claire Penhorwood, is there any way to teach the future generation of news gatherers how to curb, or stop, unethical decisions?
Media reduced traditional Dene practices, and important activities in learning about, and engaging in, decolonization, to simple "arts and crafts", say a group of Dechinta Bush University Centre for Research and Learning students and faculty in an open letter posted on Rabble.
Contrary to Sun Media's claims, Ontario Press Council decisions are not politically correct and are only made after careful consideration, says Council chair Robert Elgie.
David Cay Johnston is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author. And, in his own words, he recently made a mega "bonehead error".
Phone hacking at News of the World may be latest journo scandal, but it certainly isn't the only one in the industry's history. Check out this article in the Toronto Star for a round-up of journalism scandals. Sure, Janet Cooke, Jayson Blair and others may have embarrassed us all, but there are also fake reports…
After nearly three decades of membership, Sun Media has decided to pull its 27 daily and community member papers from the Ontario Press Council. The newspaper chain has cited several reasons for quitting the council, chiefly taking issue with the OPC's (perceived) politically correct mentality.
On Saturday, J-Source posted a link to (former) CTV Quebec City bureau chief Kai Nagata's blog post on why he quit his job. By Monday, Nagata's post had gone viral, with reprints from both The Tyee and Rabble. Following the comment explosion from other journos, Nagata wrote a second post, which you can read here.…
L'illustratrice juridique Delf Berg a suivi le procès pour infanticide de Guy Turcotte qui s'est terminé la semaine dernière par un verdict de non-responsabilité criminelle. Pendant 12 semaines, elle a assisté aux audiences et côtoyé les journalistes quotidiennement au Palais de justice de Saint-Jérôme. Elle nous livre aujourd'hui son regard sur la couverture médiatique du…
Un an après que Quebecor ait claqué la porte du Conseil de presse du Québec (CPQ), sa filiale anglophone, Sun Media, a annoncé aujourd'hui son retrait du Conseil de presse de l'Ontario (OPC). Dans une lettre, le vice-président au contenu du groupe, Glenn Garnett, se plaint de la rectitude politique du chien de garde de…