The BBC is investigating the possibility that three of its journalists beaten up in Moscow had been deliberately targeted because of their work for the corporation, reported the Guardian. A BBC World Service spokesman said it was “extremely concerned” by the “spate of attacks” on its journalists, all of whom were assaulted in separate incidents…
The Committee to Protect Journalists, which conducts an annual Dec. 1 census, found one in six journalists are held without charges and an overall decline, with China still the leading jailer of journalists. An excerpt: One in six journalists jailed worldwide are being held without any publicly disclosed charge, many for months or years at…
A majority of Canadians oppose foreign ownership of the media, telephone and cable firms, and believe the government should play a role in preserving Canada’s cultural identity distinct from the United States, according to a Harris/Decima poll released Wednesday. Here is the CBC report.
The BBC was forced to broadcast an on-air apology after a local radio presenter in Nottingham joked that freed British schoolteacher Gillian Gibbons had a dog named Muhammad. Here’s the Guardian report.
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Laurent Leblond, Lavantage.qc.ca | En ce 6 décembre, ça fait 40 ans, jour pour jour, que je pratique ce merveilleux métier de journaliste. Le 6 décembre 1967, oui, la première édition du « Rimouskois », alors dirigé par mon oncle, Philippe Leblond, avec Georges Saint-Pierre, publicitaire (comme on disait à l’époque), et moi-même comme journaliste,…
Maclean’s named former media mogul Conrad Black as its Newsmaker of the Year. From the press release: “Even if Canadians think Conrad Black is getting everything he deserves, one still has to stand back in awe at the unconscionable sums sunken in to his investigation and trial, dwarfing those that have allegedly been skimmed…
Edwy Plenel, Mediapart.fr | Nous avons besoin d’une nouvelle presse en France, et MediaPart est ce projet. Vous en découvrirez progressivement les contours sur ce pré-site, jusqu’à la sortie, début 2008, du site définitif. Né de la rencontre entre des professionnels du journalisme et des spécialistes du Web, il cherche à inventer une réponse aux…
RivieraBiz.com | Un vent de renouveau sur le Net pour la presse française actuellement dans une passe économiquement difficile avec deux “business models” explorés : le financement par la publicité ou par l’abonnement. Mediapart.fr lancé en béta ce dernier week-end par Edwy Plenel, ancien du quotidien Le Monde (ouverture en plein prévue en février) a choisi…
After a decade of watching newspapers and rival wire services shrink, The Associated Press, the 161-year-old news cooperative, is refitting itself to handle the 24-hour news cycle it helped create, reported the New York Times. “The new generation of consumers has completely different habits,” the story quoted Jim Kennedy, The A.P.’s vice president for strategic…