The Toronto Star is seeking personal stories related to the impact of the city’s municipal workers’ strike using the micro-blog Twitter. In its lead story on June 30 23, both in its paper edition and on its website, the newspaper asked people to send in accounts using two methods: one is a specific commentary page…
Courrier international, numéro spécial (réservé aux abonnés) – Les journaux vont mal. – Leur diffusion baisse et leurs rentrées publicitaires diminuent à mesure que la crise s’aggrave. Bref, selon certains, leur survie est compromise. – D’autant qu’Internet a bouleversé les modes de distribution et de consommation de l’information. – Seuls les plus audacieux parviendront à…
NewsOntario journalists have compiled a second edition of The Justice Reporter, a newsletter that explores the openness of the province’s courts. Despite the attorney general’s decision in April to rescind a policy that blocked access to criminal case files after a publication ban was imposed, court officials continue to throw up roadblocks to access. The…
News that the Quebec Press Council is in Crisis raises questions about the failing health of Canada’s press councils. Required background reading is Don Sellar’s Press Councils in Sad Decline, posted last spring. Ironically, at about the same time, an independent report for the Canadian Human Rights Commission called for the establishment of a compulsory…
To witness the impact of social networking on the news coverage of the protests in Iran is to watch the transformation of new technology to overhaul preconceived approaches to spreading news. The innovative uses of Twitter, Facebook and other social networking software, demonstrates the abilities of these new forms as a means of spreading news…
Unless labour disputes are resolved Globe and Mail news and sales employees could strike as early as June 30. Union members voted 97 per cent in favour of authorizing their bargaining committee to call a strike, reported CBC. A four-year contract affecting 500 editorial, advertising and circulation workers expires June 30.
When undercover police pretend to be journalists, they not only make reporters’ jobs harder and more dangerous but make it harder for minority groups to be heard, speakers at a Canadian Journalists for Freedom of Expression panel discussion said.
Shares of Canwest Global Communications plunged into freefall this week, dropping to historic lows before closing Friday at 13 cents, off from a 52-week high of $3.59. The fall comes on the heels of Monday’s reprieve from the company’s creditors, who gave Canwest yet another extension to reach a deal on a recapitalization plan —…
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