NewsOntario’s highest court has overturned a ruling — the first of its kind in Canada — that granted a journalist the right to protect a confidential source. The Feb. 29, 2008 judgment of the province’s Court of Appeal authorizes the seizure of a loan document the National Post used as part of its “Shawinigate” investigation…
Ethan Baron, J-source.ca | I had a dream about Willie Pickton the night after he was sentenced to life in prison. I’d already had nightmares after gruesome days in court, but this dream was different. I was in a room with Willie and another man. The other guy and I were spending the night in…
An interesting article about a panel during a recent conference on editorial writing and community engagement. “Then the Internet arrived, and the civic discourse shifted, as readers turned to local discussion boards, political blogs and community e-mail lists to talk about the issues affecting them. The newspaper-sanctioned forum grew up, moved out, and became a…
Watcha gonna do when they come for your documents? Police and the courts have more power over reporters than some of us realize, argues Jay Somerset in the Ryerson Review. Indeed, on Feb. 29 the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a grab for a Shawninigate-related document held by the National Post. While the Canadian Association…
Two new tools for the newsroom that sound like they will save time and resources for important functions on a news website. “Journalist and blogger Howard Owens examines two free online tools that can help enhance newspaper sites. They require some technical adaptations but your IT team will know what to do with them…”
In a 1,200-word “blogger’s cut” of his 800-word UK Press Gazette piece, Paul Bradshaw identifies ten key trends in journalism in the past decade. Notice the importance of “hyper-local” or community news. Kelly Vendeland at the Editors Weblog makes these additional observations: “For Bradshaw, the biggest change has been the increased involvement of the audience, which has morphed from…
“Quebecois weekly business newspaper Les Affaires has been honored with an “Award of Excellence” in the “Redesign” category in the Society for News Design‘s 2008 competition….”
Jade Lindgaard, Mediapart.fr | … Par ailleurs, il est difficile de savoir ce qu’on entend par « journalisme » aux Etats-Unis. Le Washington Post a révélé l’existence des prisons secrètes de la CIA, Jane Mayer a fait connaître la torture dans les prisons secrètes de la CIA et à Guantanamo dans le New Yorker :…
Brigitte Trahan, Le Nouvelliste (Trois-Rivières) | La chose est certes ironique. Aucun média ne sera admis aux Jeux de la communication qui se dérouleront tout au long de la semaine du 5 au 8 mars à l’Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, sauf, peut-être, pour une épreuve. Renaud Barrière, coprésident de l’événement qui regroupera huit universités…
In a March 4 opinion piece featured on the Globe and Mail website, Ryerson journalism professor John Miller argues the Ontario Court of Appeal made the right decision last week in ordering the National Post to surrender a leaked and allegedly fraudulent document relating to “Shawinigate.” The court ruled that the public interest in determining…