Last year, the number of access to information requests journalists made to government dropped 23 per cent. Maybe it has something to do with the sad fact that Canada ranks last in FOI effectiveness. At the federal level, blocking requests has become a matter of course. In 2008, Canadian Press reported the trend had reached…
Vancouver Province reporter Elaine O’Connor has been ordered by the B.C. Supreme Court to reveal her source on a story about a former Liberal MP. Province editor-in-chief Wayne Moriarty said they’ll appeal.
If you watch the news, you’ve probably seen a “look live”. That news-speak term means a reporter who appears to be live in the field, but was taped doing the introduction to their story, or sometimes their throw back to the newsroom or a different type of seemingly live hit, well before the show is…
Coming up with New Year’s resolutions for journalists isn’t difficult. After all, the basic principles are clear cut. However, sticking to simple principles requires perseverance, integrity and commitment year round. Below is a list of suggested New Year’s resolutions, with links to thought-provoking articles. Readers are invited to add their own resolutions and links in…
Tom Gaglardi, owner of the Kamloops Blazers hockey team here in my hometown, has decided the sports editor of the Kamloops Daily News doesn’t get access to anyone on his team until he starts to write more favourably about them. The Daily has responded in print today. And here’s the most recent column by Gregg…
Par Anne-Julie Harvey et Christian Labarre-Dufresne, étudiantes à l'Université Laval Milieu des années 1990. Le monde fait face à l’émergence d’une nouvelle technologie: Internet. La Chine, comme la plupart des pays, s’ouvre alors à cet outil. Le gouvernement chinois estime impératif d’accueillir Internet pour la croissance sociétale, croyant être capable d’en conserver le contrôle. Vingt…
A long-time radio broadcaster for VOCM has died at the age of 71. Elmer Harris joined VOCM (a privately owned station known for its connection with the average working-class listener; whose call letters could stand for “voice of the common man”) as a rookie reporter and worked his way to vice president and assistant to…
Colin Perkel of The Canadian Press has a masterful piece of journalism in today’s Globe and Mail on the day Michelle Lang and four Canadian soldiers died in Afghanistan. Thanks to Tom Hawthorn for pointing it out. (Ed note: The original version of this post credited the story to the Globe, where we found this…
The New York Time’s media critic, David Carr, looks ahead to the “mashup” of developments in news media industries that he says we’ll all be talking about.
Le rideau tombera dans quelques heures sur l’année 2010. Pour l’équipe de ProjetJ et sa communauté, cette année a été marquée avant tout par la convergence, la déontologie, et l’éthique journalistique. Mais ce n’est pas tout. Si ces thèmes sont récurrents dans l’actualité médiatique depuis plusieurs années, 2010 a aussi été l’année Twitter pour ProjetJ.