An attempt by prosecutors and Conrad Black to have evidence about his case sealed indefinitely has failed, with a final refusal by the Supreme Court of Canada to hear the case “Conrad M. Black v. Bell Globemedia Publishing Inc.” The court turned down Black’s appeal of an Ontario Court of Appeal decision. The appeals court…
Guillemette Faure, Rue89 | Un homme politique sait qu’il ne perdra jamais de point à taper sur les médias. C’était déjà ce que faisait George Bush en 2000 et 2004 lorsqu’il disait ne pas lire les journaux parce qu’il préférait obtenir ses informations de ses proches. Dans les débats et en interview, il parlait (tiens,…
ProjetJ | Les questionnements des journalistes face aux nouvelles technologies rappellent ceux des typographes, il y a vingt ans. Or, comme nous le rappelle Francis Masse sur le blogue de Florian Sauvageau, le réflexe corporatiste et la résistance au changement n’ont pas sauvé le métier de typographe, et les nouveaux outils ont tout de même…
André Pratte, La Presse | Il est de tradition pour les pages éditoriales des grands journaux en Amérique du Nord – du New York Times au Devoir en passant par le Globe and Mail – de prendre position à la veille des élections. Rien de plus logique: les éditorialistes exprimant un point de vue sur…
CommentaryTwo recent media victories in defamation cases do little to fix an underlying problem: Canada’s libel laws favour protecting reputations over free speech, lawyer and Humber College media law instructor Alan Shanoff argues in an October 2008 column in the Law Times. The law still presumes factual statements published by a defendant are false and, second, expressions…
A Toronto family’s lawsuit against The Globe and Mail and former reporter Jan Wong for invasion of privacy threatens to strengthen Canada’s privacy laws and, writes J-Source law editor Dean Jobb, create new risks for those who impersonate others in pursuit of a story.
How to interview a street person: “Don’t assume I’m stupid,” says an adviser quoted in the Globe and Mail. “Don’t assume I don’t have skills. Don’t assume I don’t come from your world.” The advice is part of a profile of Jody Paterson, former managing editor of the Victoria broadsheet who is now teaching writing…
Association des journalistes indépendants du Québec | L’Association des journalistes indépendants du Québec organise cet automne deux formations pour les travailleurs autonomes, portant sur la TPS/TVQ ainsi que sur les congés parentaux. Elles sont ouvertes à tous, membres ou non-membres, journalistes ou pas.
In the final weeks of the campaign, the economy is settling in as federal election 2008’s ballot box issue. But in our rush to define “the” issue, what happens to those other issues? The week’s Big Issue offers a little variety of voice on what matters: Canada-Europe trade talks nearly invisible – A trade deal…
Questions: people want to know… Is the CBC “trying to make itself more palatable to the majority Conservative government that may be coming our way?” Where, when it comes to Heather Mallick, are the defenders of free speech who supported Mark Steyn and Ezra Levant? And opinions: so far more than 73 per cent of J-Source…