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Police lose bid for author Finkle’s notes

NewsToronto (June 28, 2007) — A judge has ruled that Toronto author and journalist Derek Finkle does not have to turn over research materials accumulated in writing No Claim To Mercy, his book about the Robert Baltovich murder case. Police…
It’s a crime

FeatureToronto’s streets aren’t “nighttime killing fields” — but it’s easy to say they are. Chris Richardson of the Ryerson Review of Journalism explores the challenges of covering the city’s most notorious neighbourhood.…
Doing justice to the beat

FeatureGlobe and Mail justice reporter Kirk Makin likens maintaining a beat to tending a garden. “There’s only a certain period where there’s fruit in the trees,” he says, “but you have to do a whole lot of gardening in between.”…
Wanted: Libel law for the digital age

CommentaryA libel suit filed against Mumsnet, a community website where women offer one another advice, support and friendship, underlines the need for a libel law that reflects the reality of publishing online. In this May 2007 commentary, Justine Roberts,…
When the offence never rests: Covering Pickton

FeatureFaced with the challenge of reporting on the graphic evidence presented at the murder trial of Robert Pickton, editors struggled to decide how much was too much. What do audiences want, and should they always get it? Regan Ray reports…
‘Landmark’ ruling loosens bail hearing ban

NewsEdmonton (June 7, 2007) — An Alberta judge has ruled that mandatory bans on publishing evidence presented at bail hearings are unconstitutional. The federal government has a year to change the law to limit such bans to cases where media…
Judges must rescind publication bans

NewsOttawa (June 21, 2007) — The Supreme Court of Canada won’t review a ruling that prevents people whose identities are protected by publication bans from coming forward on their own. But media lawyer Dan Henry says those who no longer…
Somali murders ‘blow’ to press freedom

NewsToronto (August 13, 2007) — The murders of Somali journalists Ali Sharmarke and Mahad Ahmed Elmi, of the radio network HornAfrik, are a blow to press freedom in Somalia and a great loss to the journalistic community, says Canadian Journalists…
Le journalisme citoyen est un métier dangereux

Le Perroquetlibere.com Le Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris vient de préciser la jurisprudence relative aux noms de domaine, en refusant au Perroquet Libéré le droit d’exploiter le patronyme du candidat Delanoë suivi d’une extension en “.com” jusque là non…
Ahmadinejad à Columbia, au nom de la liberté de parole

Pierre Haski, Rue89/Photo: Rue89Fallait-il inviter Mahmoud Ahmadinejad à s’adresser à l’université de Columbia? Et, plus largement, une institution libérale doit-elle donner la parole au représentant d’un pouvoir autocratique et intolérant. Le débat fait rage aux Etats-Unis, où la réponse ne…