Around the world, people are still getting away with murder. Indeed, among the three worst-ranking countries for anti-press violence, all showed no improvement, and some even worsened, according to the just-released 2011 Committee to Protect Journalists’ Impunity Index.
Il y a un an, Radio-Canada réalisait l'intégration en regroupant ses journalistes de la radio et de la télévision dans une même salle des nouvelles. Journaliste à la Première chaîne, Chantal Francœur a elle-même vécu le processus comme un choc et a décidé d'y consacrer ses recherches doctorales à l'Université Concordia. Nous publions ici deux…
The news photographers Association of Canada has announced the winners of its annual National Pictures of the Year awards. The awards were announced at the 2011 photojournalism conference in Winnipeg, earlier this week. Notably, the National Post‘s Tyler Anderson took home the photojournalist of the year award, and The Brandon Sun‘s Tim Smith won for…
Par Hugo Prévost de pieuvre.ca Collaboration en ligne, agences de presse, numérisation de l’information… Les discussions allaient bon train, samedi, sur la transformation des médias et l’avenir des professions des domaines du journalisme et de la publicité, alors qu’une centaine de personnes se sont réunies au Cœur des sciences de l’UQAM pour participer à la…
For some lucky journalists, this is the most wonderful time of the year: award season. In the next couple of weeks, winners of the National Magazine Awards, the Western Magazine Awards, the Kenneth R. Wilson Awards, and the Michener Award will all be announced. And of course, the Canadian Journalism Foundation will announce its award…
One way to measure the success of any university program is to look at the real world output of the students.When it comes to investigative journalism, the students at King’s College in Halifax deserve high marks.
Online news start-ups are collaborative, innovative, and full of great journalism — but where’s the money? Former J-Source associate editor Dana Lacey introduces you to the minds behind Canada’s online news start-ups, as they try to answer the biz’s biggest elephant-in-the-room question.
D'après un jugement unanime rendu hier par la Cour d'appel fédérale, Remstar devra verser les indemnités de départ prévues à la convention collective aux anciens employés de TQS. L'entreprise a acheté la chaîne en 2008 et a fermé toutes ses salles de nouvelles, congédiant du même coup 340 personnes. Depuis, le Mouton noir a été…
This fall, much-loved one-time Breakfast Television host Liza Fromer will be back on the air. Fromer is set to co-host Global News’ new Toronto morning show, appropriately dubbed The Morning Show. She will be joined by Dave Gerry, Kris Reyes and two others — not yet announced.
The federal government’s first, hesitant step toward an open-data policy is to be praised, even if so far it is unclear if it represents a real move to openness or is more of a public relations gesture.