Benefits for thousands of retired Canadian newspaper workers are at risk. Reported the Hamilton Spectator: “About 3,000 retirees of the Southam newspaper chain, including former Spectator staff, received a letter just before Christmas warning them their retirement benefits are in jeopardy. While coverage will continue “for the time being,” the retirees were warned the company…
Michelle Lang’s death capped the “deadliest year ever” for media workers, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, with reports of deaths ranging from 68 to 130. At Berkeley campus, a panel of American war correspondents asked the big question: why do we risk our lives for a largely complacent public? The simple answer is,…
* Ces vidéos ont été réalisés pour la FPJQ dans le cadre de son congrès annuel qui se tenait du 13 au 15 novembre 2009 à Sherbrooke. Vidéastes Leslie Doumrec et Émilie Fondaneche.
What is the shocked journalism community to take from the death of a young reporter who had so much to live for? Cliff Lonsdale, president of the Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma, offers some reflections.
A note pad and a pencil – tools of our trade – adorned journalist Michelle Lang’s casket on Friday on the Kandahar Airfield as it was carried to the aircraft to return to Canada. The Calgary Herald reporter was killed Wednesday when a landmine exploded under the light armoured vehicle that she was riding in, along with…
Le journalisme est en pleine effervescence depuis des années. On parle de changements majeurs, de virage, de mutation, de crise et même de révolution. Les « tisserands du 4e pouvoir » sont en pleine tourmente. Le débat baigne notamment dans un maelstrom métajournalistique confondant. Dans ce tourbillon de leitmotivs émergent des tendances qui, même si…
[Note: This post has been updated] Calgary Herald journalist Michelle Lang, 34, and four Canadian soldiers were killed in Afghanistan Wednesday, CBC News reports. Lang grew up in Vancouver and had also worked in Regina and Moose Jaw. She won a National Newspaper Award in 2008 for best beat reporting. Lang is the first Canadian…
CommentaryThe new defence of responsible communication is good news for the media, but Ryerson University’s Jeffrey A. Dvorkin doubts it will usher in a new wave investigative journalism. As layoffs continue and newsrooms are pared down to the editorial bone, the ability of news organizations to engage in deep, contextual investigative journalism is far from…
New defences to libel actions don’t come along every day, so what exactly does the pair of Supreme Court of Canada rulings handed down December 22 mean for journalists? An expanded definition of “public interest,” a list of the steps journalists should take to produce a solid, libel-proof story, and good news for bloggers. Dean…
Do you know someone who is an inspiration to working journalists, educators and audiences? This new award will recognize a person or organization that has had a positive impact on the quality of journalism in Canada in 2009. Nominate your choice now.