NewsThe Guardian newspaper calls it a “landmark” ruling in defence of investigative reporting. Britain’s court of appeal has used the defence of “responsible journalism” to dismiss a libel action against the publisher of a book about police corruption. The October 2007 ruling shields the media from libel actions “even if not every allegation can be proved,…
“The screams from newsrooms are those of panic,” Jim Lehrer, the well known American public television anchor, told a group of university students at Northwestern. Journalism is going through an “unpleasant” revolution, he said — but argued that the demise of mainstream media may be exaggerated. Lehrer is a guy usually worth listening to, imo.…
Michel Dumais, Blogue MédiaBiz Le journalisme visuel commence à faire son chemin dans la profession, que ce soit en France, chez Libération ou encore ici au Québec, au journal Les Affaires. Mais pour bien comprendre les rouages intimes d’univers aussi complexes que l’économie et du monde de la finance, n’y aurait-il pas lieu de proposer…
This reflection on publishing a web-based news service for communities in the Rocky Mountains covers a broad range of topics from blogging to citizen journalism.
Community Media Canada (CMC) is a great resource for locating the members of the Canadian community newspaper industry with over 850 newspapers. The publications represent every single province and territory, serving communities ranging from remote areas in the territories to downtown urban centres in Canada’s largest cities.
Knox and Waldo VillageSoup, locally dubbed TheSoup, is an experiment bringing immediate information and interactions to weekly newspaper markets. It exemplifies a new business model going beyond the Community News business to the Community Hosting business. Knox and Waldo VillageSoup and its affiliated weekly newspapers are charter members of VillageSoup Common, a for-profit member organization…
The Sudbury Star will be revamping its website to follow the “citizen media” format. According to the newspaper publisher, Osprey Media used a group of “young, tech-savvy minds” to decide on the best course of action to update the website, and user-created content was the top choice.
While citizen journalism sites like NowPublic are gaining popularity and media attention, there are some hyper-local examples of the same kind of collaborative journalism. Northumberland View is a new community news and information portal for Northumberland County, Ontario, about one hour east of Toronto. Serving a mainly rural area, the website contains stories that are…
A Peterborough-based news service is hoping to develop a new form of journalism. Axiom News describes its operation as stakeholder journalism, working with community groups and non-government organizations. Journalists work with organizations to tell stories of their successes, the challenges they’ve overcome and best practices. But rather than press releases, they write articles instead. From…
Observatoire indépendant des médias, nous avons pour mission d’encourager la réflexion sur la pratique journalistique au Québec, au Canada et dans la Francophonie. Résistez avec nous à l’emprise du quotidien, voire de l’instantané; luttez contre l’isolement et la concurrence en participant au dialogue entre professionnels, étudiants, enseignants et chercheurs. Notre objectif ultime : favoriser des…