The launch of globalstudentjournalists.net reminds us that students are more than students – they are working journalists. Sometimes they out-scoop the seasoned pros, or uncover sensitive defense contract information. They’ve also been known to get fired for hitting nerves – and they even go on strike from time to time. Students publish groundbreaking articles in…
Beautiful tributes have been pouring in for Margaret Philp, a Globe and Mail reporter for more than 20 years who died last week at 43. Her family has planned a memorial service for Sunday Sept 27 at 1 pm at the Ward’s Island Club House in Toronto. Dan Westell, who worked at the Globe from…
Canadian government agencies from the military to the Prime Minister’s Office extensively monitor and distribute the work of correspondents covering Afghanistan, reports The Canadian Press. No surprise there, especially with a government notable for its extreme tendencies to control information. But good on CP for obtaining documents proving it and for reminding us — and…
Of the (too many) ways to silence journalists Turkey has added another: censorship by court fine. The New York Times calls a contentious $2.5 billion fine against a media company a “particularly chilling example of another way to shut down independent voices … that appears to be designed to put a major media company out…
How many investigative journalists could benefit from some free research support? Quite a few, judging from the way many media organizations appear to be retreating from this field lately. In Britain, a unique program offers support from students at London’s City University journalism department. Journalists fill out an online application, and if approved, get free…
A decade ago there were more than 80 reporters based in Sacramento, scrutinizing the state government. Now the number has declined to about 25. That is why a new non-profit organization called California Watch was founded. Created by the Center for Investigative Reporting, it hired a dozen journalists with the help of foundations and sponsors.…
When CNN and Fox cable news reporters in the U.S. jumped on what they thought was a hot story, the ensuing panic became global news. When the “story” turned out to be a routine Coast Guard training exercise, the target became not just the trigger-happy cable news reporters, but journalism in general.
When former Colborne Chronicle editor Bob Owen was laid off during the amalgamation of three local newspapers in Southern Ontario, instead of rolling over, he created an online news site to serve his community of 2,000. Robert Washburn, editor of our new Innovation section, reports on Owen’s progress.
Iranian-Canadian journalist has been acquitted on minor charges of inciting political uprisings, according to Liberal MP Dan McTeague, but remains in an Iranian prison. The opposition MP says the Canadian government should do more to secure his release.
The controversy over marking the 250th anniversary of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham has crossed over into freedom of expression territory. Though there hasn’t been an actual attempt to prevent a reading of the manifesto of the Front de liberation du Quebec as part of the event, federalists are complaining that the reading…