CommentaryDo journalists have the right to protect a confidential source? Can a news outlet be sued for libel if it made every effort to get the story right? Does publicizing a crime make it impossible for the suspect to have a fair trial? These issues are on the Supreme Court of Canada’s docket this fall…
North America’s largest French language newspaper will stop publication on Dec. 1 unless it wins major concessions from 700 employees, reports Associated Press.Vice President Caroline Jamet has announced that both the paper and online version of the 125-year-old newspaper will cease publication in three months, unless costs are cut dramatically. The company wants eliminate 100…
La Cour d’appel du Québec a tranché : les actionnaires sont en droit de connaître la situation financière d’une entreprise et ses filiales. Ainsi, Power Corporation devra divulguer les résultats financiers de sa filiale Gesca, confirmant ainsi le jugement de la Cour supérieure. Le lendemain de cette nouvelle, Guy Crevier, éditeur de La Presse a fait…
Les employés du journal La Presse et de Cyberpresse ont reçu un véritable ultimatum: sans entente sur la réduction des coûts, les activités cesseront.En savoir plus.
En cessation de paiement, Gamma, cette mythique agence de photojournalisme, est au bord de la faillite. Plusieurs médias comme Le Monde ou Libération rapportent que le tribunal de commerce de Paris l’a placée en « redressement judiciaire » pour une période de six mois.
A New York Times editor’s off-the-cuff estimate that a recent NYT magazine cover story cost almost $400,000 to report and edit is sparking wonderment and head-scratching in the journalism community. The story, produced in collaboration with ProPublica, dug into allegations of mass euthenasia at a New Orleans hospital during Hurricane Katrina. A piece published by the Neiman Journalism Lab called it…
Some other findings from a study by social media marketing firm Sysomos: More than 85 per cent of users rarely post (less than once a day) About five per cent of users account for 75 per cent of content Only six per cent of users have more than 100 followers.
About 40 per cent of sports reporters gamble on sports, even though many admit it undermines their ability to report objectively, according to a survey of sports reporters conducted by the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism at Penn State University. The survey results were published in the most recent issue of the International Journal of Sports Communication.
“Some good news from Afghanistan is that American commanders have wisely canceled a contract with a public relations firm accused of profiling correspondents with negative-to-positive ratings to help determine whether they may report in the war zone with troops,” said a New York Times editorial. It cites a military newspaper report that profiles “were used…
A Canadian Human Rights Tribunal decided that a section of the Canadian Human Rights Act, which bans Internet hate messages, is unconstitutional because it violates free speech protections.