“Public trust” journalism is an essential element of a functioning, informed democracy. It is just as important, in its own way, as the parliament or the judiciary. By “public trust” journalism I refer to journalism that applies scrutiny, analysis and accountability to governments, parliaments, politicians, public servants, judges, police, councils, the military, NGOs, diplomats, business…
“Will there be new online models to fund high quality investigative journalism?” Blogger/reporter Zerochampion explores the prospects.
Selected articles from the April 2009 issue of Journalism of possible interest to the journalism community: Towards a `Foxification’ of 24-hour news channels in Britain?: An analysis of market-driven and publicly funded news coverage, by Stephen Cushion and Justin Lewis Making good sense: Transformative processes in community journalism, by Michael Meadows, Susan Forde, Jacqui Ewart, and Kerrie…
Canwest Global Communications Corp was again given some breathing room by its lenders…
A decision by the British Columbia Court of Appeal gives Adbusters the right to sue broadcasters CBC and CanWest Global for refusing to screen anti-consumerist television ads, which were pulled after car companies complained…
The BC Civil Liberties Association filed a complaint with the Vancouver Police Board, following the brief seizure of Province newspaper photographer Jason Payne’s camera….
The online magazine The Tyee is running a series on journalism by Steve Anderson, coordinator of Canadians for Democratic Media and the Stop the Big Media Takeover campaign. Anderson’s first piece, “Why Big Media Is Failing,” blames Canada’s media crisis on “the highly concentrated media ownership in Canada combined with the deepening bottom-line mentality of…
“So, you want to be a journalist? Ha ha ha. Jeez.” Not exactly encouraging words from the Gawker, but at least the satirical website has a sense of humour about it. As j-students prepare to graduate, there couldn’t be more interesting times awaiting. Jobs are bound to be scarce, which only means there’s more call…
“These days, everywhere you look it seems that some newspaper is closing its doors, stopping its presses, or maybe just going online-only. This sea change is being heralded by some as the “death of journalism,” a transformation that has been brought about thanks to the web. But is the web really killing journalism? Or is…
While news organizations are struggling in the face of the recession, little is being done to discuss issues around the quality of journalism being practiced on the front lines. Journalism online offers a new method of producing, distributing and consuming news, but the current focus appears to be on breaking news and short formats. What…