FeatureTwo countries, two alleged terrorist cells, two vastly different approaches to the public’s right to know. Why is it Americans get to know so much more than Canadians about important court cases? The Toronto Star‘s Isabel Teotonio reports on the impact of publication bans.
One way I judge “good” print journalism is whether a story grabs me, sucks me in and holds my attention until the very last word, no matter my underlying interest in the subject. It helps if the story includes storytelling phrases that delight while delivering solid reporting. A great example of such writing is this Canadian…
Hélène Gingras, Le Reflet J’imagine qu’un lecteur s’est étouffé avec sa gorgée de café en ouvrant le Reflet, samedi matin. Nous avons consacré six pages à la destitution du maire de Saint-Constant et de cinq de ses conseillers. Je vous mets en contexte. Ce Constantin nous avait envoyé un courriel, la veille, pour nous reprocher…
Gaston Ouellet, Baie-Saint-Paul | Le Soleil Le Collège de Jonquière souligne, en fin de semaine, le 40e anniversaire de son programme de formation en communications, plus connu sous l’acronyme ATM. La présence d’un grand nombre de ses finissants dans les différents médias du Québec, au cours de toutes ces années, témoigne de la qualité et…
The ideological Western Standard magazine will stop printing after three years and 82 publications, and remain an online entity only, says founder Ezra Levant according to reports. “It’s not that we’re an important part of independent journalism, sometimes we’re the only independent journalistic voice,” Levant told CanWest. “Sometimes we were the only people who had…
The CRTC will begin seven days of hearings Oct. 9 on wholesale Internet access, or as the commission says, “the regulatory framework for telecommunications wholesale services.” Rogers, Shaw and Quebecor will represent the industry; the Competition Bureau and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre are also expected to appear. Another Internet development this week is a…
On the anniversary of the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, Reporters Without Borders staged a ceremony at the Trocadero human rights plaza in Paris. The press rights group displayed photos of Vladimir Putin and Politkovskaya alongside 18 coffins representing the 18 journalists killed in connection with their work in Russia since Putin became president…
ProjetJ | The Tyee constitue une alternative médiatique d’intérêt. Comparable à Rue89, le portail d’information français, The Tyee se distingue du journalisme citoyen en ce qu’il emploie des journalistes professionnels salariés. Sa marque de commerce : une indépendance farouchement défendue lui permettant d’investiguer librement certains sujets ignorés par les grands conglomérats médiatiques . . .…
Global television, part of the CanWest conglomerate, is laying off a total of 200 people, the company said Thursday. It’s part of the broadcaster’s plan to update the technology in four centres, in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and Toronto. A Canadian Press report said news-gathering staff is being cut in the Maritimes and in Quebec. A…
“Stop the presses!” leads a Canadian Press story, uncharacteristically. An excerpt:Stephen Harper sat down for a news conference with the national media on Wednesday. The prime minister temporarily put aside his well-documented disdain for the Ottawa press corps and fielded a variety of questions in a wide-ranging news conference on Parliament Hill. That wouldn’t normally…