The Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission has dismissed nine complaints against the Edmonton Journal and the Calgary Herald, arising from an editorial titled Apocalyptic Creed that both papers published in April 2002. While agreeing the editorial contained offensive statements, Marie Riddle, director of the Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission, wrote that given current…
It’s been almost a month since Ontario’s former Attorney General, Michael Bryant, was charged with dangerous driving, and, criminal negligence causing the death of a cyclist, Darcy Allan Sheppard. The fact that Bryant hired a public relations firm which then launched a social media campaign, mostly on Twitter (@Bryantfacts), launched a debate about his ability…
George Hoff shares his experiences as an Ochberg fellow of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma and encourages other Canadian journalists to consider an opportunity to address the many issues surrounding the reporting of violent and traumatic stories.
Alors que Facebook courbe l’échine devant la récente décision de la commissaire canadienne à la vie privée concernant des lacunes en cette matière, le site de socialisation lance un moteur de recherche qui pourrait le transformer en véritable média.
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…