CBS correspondent Lara Logan’s sexual assault in February brought the issue of sexual violence and journalists into sharp focus, writes CPJ’s senior editor Lauren Wolfe. It has also encouraged more journalists worldwide to start speaking out.
Un mois après la chroniqueuse Nathalie Elgrably-Levy du Journal de Montréal, l’animatrice Krista Erickson de Sun News s’attaque, elle aussi, au financement public des arts. Elle s’en est prise, la semaine dernière, à la danseuse étoile Margie Gillis dans une interview explosive qui s’est répandue sur la toile comme une traînée de poudre.
Is the current focus on chasing down apps and tweets, instead of graft and corruption, taking us off our game? Some worry that the fourth estate has lost its tenacity. For several years now, journalists have pointed to dwindling investigative resources as the heart of the problem. Initiatives like the Canadian Centre for Investigative Reporting,…
From a tip about a former advisor in the PMO’s office to one of the juiciest political scandals of the year. David McKie talks with Paul Barnsley, executive producer of APTN Investigates about the Bruce Carson story. This Q&A is the first in a series of articles J-Source will feature as part of our new…
The Eastern Door is having a very, very good year. First, it was nominated for a 2011 Michener Award; then it was honoured by the Canadian Association of Journalists. Brittany LeBorgne tells how one small, 2,000-circulation paper based in Kahnawake became a big player in the news world by doing great community journalism.
What happens when social media, social upheaval, and foreign reporting collide? Last week, Brian Stewart quizzed WNYC On the Media producer Sarah Abdurrahman, Al Jazeera columnist and International Freedom of Expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation director Jill York, and Globe and Mail foreign correspondent Sonia Verma on how the Arab Awakening is changing journalism,…
Depuis l'agression sexuelle de la journaliste Lara Logan, en février, les langues se délient. Plus d'une cinquantaine de professionnels de l'information ont confié au Comité pour la protection des journalistes (CPJ) avoir eux aussi été victimes de ce type de violence dans l'exercice de leur fonction au Moyen-Orient, mais aussi en Asie du Sud, en…
The hunt is on for somebody to host CBC’s radio flagships in Ottawa, Ottawa Morning and The House, after Kathleen Petty announced last week that she is leaving town for Calgary.
Les quotidiens et hebdomadaires locaux se portent bien, selon NewsPapers Canada. Les Canadiens consomment de plus en plus d’information et sont de plus en plus nombreux à recourir aux journaux pour satisfaire leur appétit. En 2010, ils consacraient en moyenne 70 minutes par jour à l’information contre 59 en 2000.
Lloyd Robertson announced his retirement last July, but now there’s a date.