WikiLeaks: the new journalism?
Is WikiLeaks — the self-styled “intelligence agency of the people” that the American Pentagon considers a security threat — a form of investigative journalism?
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About the CAJ
The problems of the Canadian Association of Journalists have landed on J-Source. Given my role as editor of the Townhall blog and discussions, a disclosure: I am one of the many who left the CAJ in 2005 following the saga of the organization’s obscene censure of a journalist. Some thoughts about what has ensued …
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Women take aim at op-ed pages
In the U.S., less than 20% of newspaper opinion pieces – op-eds – are written by women, and not for lack of opinions. Author Catherine Orenstein created the Op-Ed Project to train and empower women to get their voices heard, writes Chloe Angyal. But there’s still a long way to go.
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“Dead bastards” — US gunmen kill Reuters workers
The video released by WikiLeaks of a killing by American gunmen in military helicopters, which included two Reuters employees, is grim watching. The New York Times story is almost as grim reading. Most shocking are the transcripts of the American gunmen discussing the attack. As the Times described it: “They aim and fire at the…
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Reporters investigate paedophiles, called “stool pigeons”
“A French documentary sparked a media ethics controversy on Tuesday after journalists handed over the names of 22 suspected paedophiles to police in Canada and France,” reported Agence France-Presse. “Reporters from the Capa agency used the Internet to get in touch with people in France and Canada who allegedly professed an interest in child pornography…
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Nellie Bly need not apply
This week J-Source did a double take on sexist language in the media. A review of past posts suggests that how female politicians are treated in the news may be related to how female staffers are treated in the newsroom. From editorial masts to op-ed pages, women are greatly under-represented, although they form the majority…
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Pullman’s defence of free speech
Gotta love Philip Pullman: “It was a shocking thing to say and I knew it was a shocking thing to say. But no one has the right to live without being shocked. No one has the right to spend their life without being offended.”
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Sniffy content?
You’d be an April fool to turn up your nose at the Vancouver Sun‘s “innovative “four-dimensional” newspaper technology project, the first of its kind in the world.” The paper announced that the project would start July 1, with “a daily list of scratch-and-sniff content in each section of the paper” to rival 3-D movies like…
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Is the National Post misogynist?
The National Post has drawn criticism for its portrayal of women, and so-called women’s issues. J-Source isn’t the place to discuss those issues, but journalists might ask why the mainstream newspaper’s owner, now in bankruptcy protection, tolerates an editorial position that alienates 51 per cent of its potential subscribers or advertisers.
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Long news
Kirk Citron: “In the long run, some stories are going to matter more than others.”