Quand la lune était en une des unes – bientôt 40 ans
Quand la Lune était en une des unes – bientôt 40 ans – courtoisie de Solace
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Blogue du jour: Fagstein (Steve Faguy, réviseur à La Gazette)
Pour son regard irrévérencieux mais sympathique sur le petit milieu médiatique québécois et canadien. Toujours avec humour, Fagstein se plaît àdénoncer, entre autres formes de bêtise humaine, la détestable tendance àl’autocongratulation du milieu journalistique. On espère donc qu’il nouspardonnera de lui envoyer ces fleurs…Site
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Canwest Olympics reporter paid to write for Olympics publication
Jeff Lee, the Olympics reporter for the Vancouver Sun, was paid to write for the the official magazine of the International Olympics Committee, reported the online magazine thetyee.ca. But Lee is just one one reporter — and most of the mainstream media, especially in B.C., has some entanglement with the games.
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Investigating wrongful convictions: a new model
Canadian journalists have played an important role over the last half century in the investigation of high-profile wrongful convictions. But these kinds of stories take time and resources — commodities in short supply today. Perhaps it’s time to consider new models for launching these kinds of investigations.
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Top court judges to draw line on protecting sources
Supreme Court of Canada judges appeared inclined to give more protection to journalists’ sources as they heard the National Post’s appeal of a ruling that could expose a key source for reporter Andrew McIntosh’s investigation into connections between federal loans and grants and former prime minister Jean Chretien. The court, which was cool to the…
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Top court reviews bid to unmask Globe sponsorship sources
Ottawa (May 21) – The Supreme Court of Canada will decide whether a Globe and Mail reporter can be forced to reveal his confidential sources in the federal sponsorship scandal. At the heart of the appeal is a controversial Quebec Superior Court decision last August that allowed lawyers for an advertising firm, La Groupe Polygone, to…
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Canwest’s new lifeline
Canwest negotiated a lifeline for itself worth $175-million, providing yet more breathing room for refinancing negotiations with banks, bondholders and possible investors. Under the new arrangement Canwest has until June 15 to complete a recapitalization agreement in principle, and a final agreement by July 15. The company has missed several previous deadlines for payments. A…
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Réseau Libert
Réseau Liberté a été créé en 1996 par Réal Barnabé, journaliste, et par Marie-Hélène Paradis, conseillère en communication. La vocation de Réseau Liberté est la promotion de la liberté de la presse dans les pays en transition vers la démocratie. Sans liberté de la presse, il n’y a pas de démocratie.
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A new journalists creed
Stephen J.A. Ward, J-Source | At a recent conference on the future of ethical journalism, several journalists argued that the current media revolution does not entail a revolution in ethics. Despite social media, Twitter and online journalism, their positions on maintaining ethics were surprisingly conservative: Reinforce existing principles and apply them to new forms of…
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New community newspaper in Manitoba
“Canstar Community News Ltd., a division of FP Newspapers Limited Partnership, is expanding its stable of community newspapers in Winnipeg and the surrounding area from five to six. Bob Cox, publisher of Canstar and the Free Press, said its Lance and Metro products were covering increasingly larger areas of south Winnipeg so the decision was…