Poynter has an interesting story up about Barack Obama and the staging of presidential photos at the White House. As it turns out, Obama and company re-enacted his walk-out and the first 30 seconds of his televised statement on Osama bin Laden’s death for photojournalists. This is, reports Poynter, not uncommon. John Harrington, president of…
Syrian officials have confirmed they are holding Dorothy Parvaz, a Canadian journalist with Al Jazeera English, who was detained on arrival in Damascus Friday — and hasn’t been heard from since. Al Jazeera has called for her immediate release. Parvaz is a University of British Columbia graduate, and holds Canadian, American, and Iranian citizenship. After…
Torstar’s first quarter financials are out, and the results are mixed. On the whole, compared to last year’s first quarter results, revenue is up $16.4-million, hitting $351.4-million. Net operating profit, however, is only $41.7-million, down $7.3-million compared to the first quarter in 2010. Much rests on the proverbial shoulders of Torstar’s media division.
Bell Satellite TV viewers saw their link with Sun News Network go dead Tuesday.
Throughout the election, we have been re-posting many stories from Carleton University’s très informative Political Perspectives blog. We close with final election observations from Elly Alboim, associate professor of journalism and a former CBC parliamentary bureau chief. Reprinted in full with permission from Political Perspectives.
La Côte d’Ivoire a été au cœur de l’actualité ces derniers mois pour qui s’intéresse à la liberté de presse à travers le monde. La crise politique qui a secoué ce pays de l’Ouest africain a touché de plein fouet les journalistes et, malgré le départ de l’ancien président Laurent Gbagbo, leur situation demeure critique.…
For the past 30 odd days, we at J-Source have been on the hunt for innovative election coverage. The results of our search, as you may guess, have been plentiful. Read on for our round-up of what’s impressed us this week. And, remember, if you have seen anything you’d like us to highlight let us…
Media hear the B.C. NDP leader say big business should pay more taxes and brand him scary, hostile, and a ‘dour Stalinist.’ The Tyee‘s Crawford Kilian asks: What’s going on here?
Journalists know that many people act differently when they’re being interviewed, especially on camera. Here’s the eye-brow raising part: When facing the bright lights, politicians aren’t on their best, as you might guess, but their nastiest. Indeed, according to a recently released study, many MPs are red-faced about their public displays and insist it’s not…
Éditorial de Najam Sethi à l’occasion de la Journée mondiale de la liberté de presse. Ce texte est une gracieuseté de la World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). Najam Sethi est éditeur du Friday Times et du Daily Times au Pakistan et lauréat 2009 de la Plume d’Or de la Liberté remise par…