“Informed debate on matters of public interest is essential to democracy, but over-emphasis on protection of reputation in Canadian law and the resulting fear of libel action keep important information from the public.” That’s the nub of the argument to the Supreme Court of Canada by a coalition of media organizations. They’re intervening in an…
A live audio feed is available here for the landmark CRTC hearings on the future of the Internet, which will continue for several weeks from Feb. 17. The Globe and Mail is live-blogging the hearings. An excerpt of the Globe‘s intro…
For your amusement: On-air stumbles can happen to anyone. And sometimes once that word works its way into your brain, you just can’t help repeating it. That appears to be what happened with CNN reporter Zain Verjee.
The most recent issue of Journalism Studies focuses on Europe. Articles include: The Mohammed cartoons crisis in the British and Greek press, by Anna Triandafyllidou Travel journalism, by Ben Cocking Reflections on changing patterns of journalism in the new EU countries, by Epp Lauk Divisions and struggles of the Slovenian journalistic guild, by Primoz Krasovec…
It’s tough being a business journalist these days, notes David Carr. Kinda like “owning an ice cream parlor where spinach is the only flavor on the menu.”
An essential reading list of recent journalism-related studies: The State of the News Media, 2010The most recent annual report on the U.S. news media produced by the Project for Excellence in Journalism. The Credibility Gap: Canadians and Their News Media A survey-based study into the relationship between Canadians and the news media published in 2008…
More in the debate about micropayments, news nightmares and dreams for a better tomorrow. Today’s contestants: social media guru Clay Shirky vs journalist Nicholas Carr.
Chinese journalists who break their government’s reporting rules face being put on a new blacklist, adding to an array of controls used to restrict its domestic media, reported the Guardian. State-owned media in China today reported that the body that controls the sector plans to “establish a database of media professionals with a bad record.”…
NewsA group of Manitoba chiefs is urging hate charges be filed against the CBC for what it called “racist and hateful” comments about natives posted on the broadcaster’s website. But whether media outlets are responsible for what’s said in moderated discussion boards remains a grey area in Canadian law. Patrick White reports in The Globe…
Tony Burman, formerly former editor-in-chief of CBC News and now managing director of Al Jazeera English, said Israel’s decision to prohibit foreign journalists from entering the Gaza Strip during the recent war left the field open to Al Jazeera, which had a massive audience spike. And that, reported the Vancouver Sun’s Doug Ward, “just might…