A Sept. 2 decision by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal continues to provoke speculation that the Canadian Human Rights Act, the Canadian Human Rights Commission and provincial human rights bodies will have less to say in future about hate speech and free expression.
Some Saskatchewan media jobs are moving east – way east. Canwest’s Regina Leader-Post plans to outsource ad department work to India and the Philippines, according to reports by CBC Saskatchewan and Newstalk 980 Radio. Outsourcing burst on the scene in 2007 when Pasadena Now decided to outsource city council reporting to India. Although the resulting…
David Olive’s new model for newspapers: “shrink the newsprint product to a 32-page broadsheet or tabloid featuring only staff-written feature-length content and the best material available from other publications worldwide.” Shunt all generic news to the Web. Harness newspapers to explain the meaning of the news. Simple, right? Nothing’s that simple — as Olive discusses…
New York Times public editor Clark Hoyt examined the case of Times’ reporter Stephen Farrell’s kidnapping in Afghanistan — and his rescue by British soldiers which led to the deaths of interpreter/journalist Sultan Munadi, a British soldier and several Afghan civilians and Taliban. Hoyt refrained from portraying the case in black and white. His conclusion…
Revoir l’économie des médias pour assurer l’avenir du journalisme, voilà une des propositions de Michel Venne, ancien journaliste et directeur général de l’Institut du Nouveau Monde. Michel Venne – 01
À l’heure où plusieurs journalistes s’inquiètent de l’état de la presse, les programmes de formation en journalisme continuent d’attirer des volontaires. Sonia Blouin, professeure au Département de communication du Cégep André-Laurendeau, présente le programme offert. Cette description contraste avec le climat de morosité qui plane sur la profession et suggère un parcours motivé aux confluents…
Il est plus rare de voir un politicien devenir «journaliste» que l’inverse. C’est pourtant cette glace qui a été brisée lundi soir sur les ondes de V, anciennement TQS, avec l’ex-chef de l’ADQ Mario Dumont et un nouveau concept nommé Dumont 360°. Sans parler de succès incontournable, ce nouvel arbre de la forêt médiatique porte…
A paper by John Kelly, published online by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University, asks, “Is journalism a profession or a trade?” Kelly acknowledges, “It’s a question that has probably only ever interested journalists. It’s also a question that, as the 20th century gave way to the 21st, seemed to…
Romenesko in his column for Poynter.org askes the question: Is it necessary for news organizations to be on every platform? He refers to an article written by Robert Picard for Neiman Reports calling for a clear rationale for using blogs, social media and new technologies in newsrooms. But, what about innovation within the news industry…
Canadian-born journalist John T. Elson has died, age 78. He will be remembered by most, perhaps, for his 1966 cover piece for Time, “Is God Dead,” a massive research and writing effort which remains a landmark piece of journalism. “The story brought a brimstone of controversy, but given the depth of the reporting, few could…