Backed by a foundation and a public TV station, Chicago journalists create a new venture to produce local news. One of the first clients is The New York Times which will print two pages of local news in a Chicago edition, going head-to-head with struggling Chicago newspapers.
Le consortium de groupes de presse créé par la Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec attend maintenant la décision de la Cour suprême, en lien avec l’affaire Ma Chouette, où le journaliste, Daniel Leblanc, maintient son devoir de protéger la source anonyme qui lui a permis d’étayer ses reportages dans le Globe & Mail sur…
Two of the most damaging political scandals of the last decade, the sponsorship affair and Shawinigate, involved the use of insider whistleblower information. In both cases, investigative reporters are now fighting for the right to continue protecting the identity of those whistleblowers. The decision rests with the Supreme Court of Canada.
A case now being heard in the Supreme Court of Canada will determine the fate of whistleblowers — and will have a major impact on press freedoms in Canada. Lawyers for media outlets and press organizations are in court arguing against an attempt by a Montreal ad firm to force Daniel Leblanc, a reporter with…
“Can vice save journalism?” asks Maureen Dowd. “We need life rafts,” she wrote in The New York Times. “Publications once buoyed by splashy ads evoking drinking and sex are now conjuring ways to use drinking and sex to subsidize the news.” Yay! Wine clubs and dating services. That’s our ticket to survival!
Le milieu municipal montréalais est sur la sellette en raison d’allégations de malversation et de corruption. L’information provient principalement de sources anonymes. Jusqu’où le recours à ce type de source est-il garant du droit du public à l’information? Comment éviter d’être manipulés à son tour? Des questions auxquelles répond Marc-François Bernier, de la Chaire de…
One of the most comprehensive reports on the future of modern journalism is now online, prior to Tuesday’s official release by the graduate school of journalism at Columbia University. “The Reconstruction of American Journalism,” written by Leonard Downie, Jr., former executive editor of The Washington Post, and Michael Schudson, a Journalism School professor, is very…
When a local paper dies, it hurts, writes Robert Washburn. Perhaps that’s why J-Source’s Innovation section is so abuzz with discussion of reviving local news, an endangered genre now touted as the answer to mainstream media’s failures. 2009 has been an unusually difficult year for local news outlets, but it’s also brought unprecedented opportunity to…
Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari has been released on bail from Evin prison in Iran, according to news reports over the weekend. The Newsweek correspondent was arrested June 21 and has been imprisoned ever since.
News agencies widely reported that Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari — arrested in June after Iran’s controversial elections — is free on bail. Agence France-Presse quoted Iran’s semi-official news agency ILNA: “Maziar Bahari was freed from Evin prison on Saturday evening after paying bail worth three billion rials (300,000 dollars).” “We are relieved that NEWSWEEK journalist…