May 3rd is World Press Freedom Day. We tell you what Canadian publications are weighing in, what they’re saying, and where to go for world coverage. Plus, some upcoming events you won’t want to miss if press freedom is near and dear to your heart. We’re betting it is.
The Canadian Community Newspaper Association and the B.C. and Yukon Community Newspaper Association have announced their award winners. The CCNA list is here; the BCYCNA list is here.
The University of Oxford discusses if journalism should be amoral. The discussion was sparked by a comment from a professor of media history, who used George Orwell as her example of what she thinks journalism should be about.
What to make of yesterday’s election night coverage? We asked Jeff Sallot, former Ottawa bureau chief for The Globe and Mail, to weigh in. The sober morning-after message, he says, is clear: Canada better fix its voting laws before the next election to accommodate real-time online communication. If we don’t, we risk corrupting the electoral…
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) has published its second annual report on free expression in Canada. CJFE’s Review of Free Expression in Canada 2010/2011 highlights abuses of the rights of journalists and citizens during the G20 summit held in Toronto in June, concerns about access to information and other issues.
The accreditation issue appeared in our Town Hall this week, after Quebec journalists overwhelming backed a proposal to create a special designation for professional journalists. In a world where accreditation is routinely used by authorities to silence us, it’s a prickly concept for journalists to embrace. Still, the increasingly wide constellation of media outlets and…
Pour la 25e année consécutive, le Prix Lizette-Gervais a salué vendredi la relève journalistique en radio et en télévision. Attribué à des finissants des programmes universitaires de journalisme et de communication, ce prix récompense chaque année deux reportages à caractère social ou humaniste produit pour la radio ou la télévision.
Le conseil de presse britannique (PCC) prévoit étendre sa juridiction aux réseaux sociaux d'ici la fin de l'année. Dans ce but, il consulte actuellement les médias et leur demande de se doter d'une politique claire sur l'usage des outils de communication 2.0. De notre côté de l'Atlantique, le Conseil de presse du Québec (CPQ) a…
Documentary film is more popular than ever — at least judging by the record-high attendance at this year’s Toronto-based Hot Docs festival. According to a press release, an estimated 151,000 people attended the 11 day event, which featured 360 public screenings of 199 films on 16 screens across Toronto. Official film selections were chosen from…
Winners of the 30th Annual Atlantic Journalism Awards were announced this past weekend. Awards were presented in 30 categories, from TV, to print, to radio. The lifetime achievement award went to Doug McGee, former associate editor at the Cape Breton Post. McGee recently retired after 25 years in the spot. While there he was responsible…