Journalists have been asking for electronic records from Canadian governments for at least 15 years. There have been a few encouraging developments, writes Fred Vallance-Jones, but a recent FOI audit showed we have a long way to go.
Colette Brin, ProjetJ | Un hebdomadaire anglophone gratuit de Montréal sera imprimé pour la dernière fois jeudi. Les efforts pour rentabiliser The Monitor, une publication de Transcontinental, n’auraient pas porté fruit. Le journal continuera cependant d’être publié en ligne. Deux employés des ventes et un cadre seront mis à pied.
NewsOntario journalists are being denied their right to view and copy basic court documents under questionable provincial access policies. In response, Tracey Tyler, the Toronto Star‘s legal affairs reporter, and Toronto media lawyer Tony Wong have compiled The Justice Reporter, a 14-page newsletter that explores the problem and demands solutions. A second edition, assessing the…
The global economic crisis has spurred discussion about how to keep the presses rolling. A recent Columbia Journalism Review article asks: Should government help? When Denver’s Andrew Hudson used his online job-posting site as a forum to float a newspaper tax to save the Rocky Mountain News, the ensuing discussion was surprisingly supportive. “You’d have…
“Imagine … turning on your home computer to read the day’s newspaper! It’s not as far-fetched as it sounds…”Hat tip to the NY Times’s “Bits.”
Colette Brin, ProjetJ | Le conflit au Journal de Montréal retient l’attention de plusieurs journalistes au quotidien Le Devoir. Michel David y va d’une charge contre les chroniqueurs qui maintiennent leur collaboration, en particulier Bernard Landry, qui a voté la loi antiscab. Selon le chroniqueur du Devoir, il s’agirait d’une infraction à l’esprit, sinon la…
Colette Brin, ProjetJ Le licenciement de quatre journalistes au magazine belge Le Vif soulève l’indignation du milieu journalistique dans ce pays. Le dernier numéro a d’ailleurs été produit sans la participation de la rédaction. Une lettre ouverte signée par un groupe de professeurs d’université, publiée par les quotidiens Le Soir et Libre Belgique, dénonce ce…
Budget cutbacks and travel restrictions have led to the cancellation of Magazines Canada’s highly regarded annual School for Professional Publishing, reports D.B. Scott on his blog, Canadian Magazines.
That’s what it would take to save every American newspaper in perpetuity as non-profit organizations, says Zachary M Seward at Nieman Journalism Lab. But he argues the important question isn’t “How much?” It’s “Should we?”
The February 2009 issue of Journalism focuses exclusively on journalism in Brazil. Articles include: Journalistic thinking: Brazil’s modern tradition, by José Marques de Melo Journalists and intellectuals in the origins of the Brazilian press (1808-22), by Heci Regina Candiani The past and the future of Brazilian television news, by Beatriz Becker and Celeste González de…