Today’s Globe and Mail editorial on the death of Pakistani journalist Saleem Shahzad calls on democratic countries, including Canada, to stand up for freedom of the press by first standing up to Pakistan.
Tony Burman, of both CBC and Al Jazeera fame, has been appointed the Velma Rogers Graham Research Chair in News Media and Technology at Ryerson University’s j-School.
While dissident journalists are silenced or jailed, Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez has a lot to say to those in the West who still entertain the fantasy that Cuba and Castroism are models of social organization.
Le prince William et son épouse Kate Middleton font aujourd'hui escale à Yellowknife pour rencontrer les communautés autochtones des Territoires du Nord-Ouest. 1396 journalistes ont reçu une accréditation pour couvrir leur toute première visite officielle au Canada qui a débuté le 30 juin et se terminera le 8 juillet.
Centauri Summer Arts Camp has an urgent opening for a journalism instructor at its sleep-over camp for young artists based in the Niagara Region. The camp is looking for someone with teaching experience to instruct a group of 10 teenage girls, for four hours each day, in the art of journalism from July 17-30. You’ll…
Depuis vendredi, Rue Frontenac est une coquille vide. Devenu la propriété de l'homme d'affaires Marcel Boisvert, directeur général d'Estrieplus.com, il a perdu ses fondateurs et artisans qui ont tous claqué la porte vendredi emportant avec eux tous les meubles, le contenu du site. «On a mis un point final à l'aventure parce que le projet…
City hall in White Rock, B.C., has told reporters they can no longer talk to city councillors without going through the city’s public relations office. “A press release from that city’s administration section appeared in my inbox Wednesday morning informing me that I no longer have the luxury of picking up the phone and calling…
Toronto city councillor Doug Ford spoke on AM640’s the John Oakley Show today about Canada Day, Pride, his time at the cottage, and, what else, the Toronto Star. Needless to say, after the Toronto Star showed up on his cottage doorstep, Ford isn’t any more impressed with the paper than he ever was.
As of July 1, Canada just got a whole lot funnier. Or at least, that’s the goal of the Walrus‘s newly launched website, Stella Artois Presents The Walrus Laughs. Designed to celebrate humour, the website has three main columns: Magazine Laughs, for humour pieces that have run in the mag, Perry Laughs, for pieces site…
When reporter Mac McClelland went to Haiti on assignment for Mother Jones magazine, she met a woman who told a harrowing story of gang rape. That experience, and what happened to the woman subsequently, had a powerful effect on McClelland. “I was undone,” she writes. What McClelland did to deal with her PTSD is a…