“In an interview with the Telegraph, Tina Brown expresses her views on the future of newspapers and the professional journalist. The once queen bee of the high-end glossy magazine industry has now completely embraced the digital medium as editor in chief of The Daily Beast, a New York-based online news site. Brown is now advising…
Selected articles from the June 2009 issue of Journalism Studies that may be of interest to the journalism community:Claiming Journalistic Truth, by Burton St. John Is More Always Better?, by Lee Becker, Ann C. Hollifield, Adam Jacobsson, Eva-Maria Jacobsson and Tudor Vlad Changing and Staying the Same: Communication in Campaign 2008, by Lynda Lee Kaid…
Colette Brin, ProjetJ – 30 mai 2009 | Alors que la pratique du journalisme vit des moments difficiles, la recherche et l’enseignement universitaire dans ce domaine professionnel semblent plus dynamique que jamais. À l’issue d’un premier symposium pancanadien sur le journalisme, une quarantaine d’enseignants et de chercheurs ont décidé de s’associer pour promouvoir les échanges…
“Following last week’s significant editorial shift, the Globe and Mail with new editor-in-cheif John Stackhouse at the helm is delivering on the promise to “expand the newspaper’s digital strategy.” The first community to benefit will be the Greater Toronto Area. Toronto city editor Kelly Grant announced the launch of a new web property — globeandmail.com/toronto …
The media should tone down coverage that pressures police to solve crimes and devote more effort to reporting on trials and investigating cases that result in wrongful convictions, says lawyer-crusdader James Lockyer. Melissa Wilson reports.
Canada’s highest court has agreed to review conflicting Ontario and Alberta rulings on whether a publication ban should be routinely imposed on bail hearings. The Supreme Court agreed May 28 to hear a Toronto Star and CBC challenge of an Ontario ruling in the Toronto 18 terrorism case, which limits the ban to cases heard…
Many moons after the fact, CTV will air a statement that it violated industry ethics codes by broadcasting former Liberal leader Stéphane Dion’s false starts in a television interview. The statement follows a Canandian Broadcast Standards Council ruling on Dion’s October 2008 encounter with Halifax anchor Steve Murphy. At the time J-Source posted this behind-the-scenes…
Canwest missed another payment. So what? …
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Regan Ray, J-Source | There is a “tidal wave” of five journalism-related cases before the Supreme Court right now, each of which will “test the value Canadians place on freedom of the press.” The top court will decide whether Globe and Mail reporter Daniel LeBlanc can be forced to reveal confidential sources he used in…