Archive
19 Feb

Protecting ‘responsible journalism’

Minutes before deadline in a Canadian newsroom, a reporter and her editors huddle around a computer. On the screen is the final draft of a story accusing a restaurant inspector […]

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19 Feb

Climate change skeptics silenced

Winnipeg Sun columnist, Tom Brodbeck, claims coverage of the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was an example of an “illness known as pack journalism.” He claims journalists did not […]

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19 Feb

TV station in contempt for ban breach

News A British Columbia television station has been fined $2,000 after pleading guilty to violating a court order shielding the identity of an undercover police officer. Kelowna-based CHBC Televisionshowed theofficer […]

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19 Feb

Blogues

Nous vous présentons ici une sélection de blogues québécois et étrangers traitant de questions journalistiques et médiatiques. Si vous avez d’autres suggestions, n’hésitez pas à nous les communiquer ! Québec […]

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19 Feb

J-school cheater stirs debate

Canadian Magazines blogger D.B. Scott questions the veracity of an article written by someone who claims they lie and make stories up. “Confessions of a Teenage Fabulist,” written under the […]

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19 Feb

Is journalism ready for a black president?

Huffington Post blogger Tony Dokoupil questions whether journalism is ready for a black president. Now that Senator Barack Obama officially has declared himself a Democratic candidate for the American presidency, […]

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19 Feb

Supporting our journalists

John Nichols, blogger for The Nation, champions American reporter Sarah Olson, who has been subpoenaed by U.S. Armed Forces to confirm quotes she attributed to a former soldier and current […]

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19 Feb

Don’t e-mail Joel Stein

Los Angeles Times columnist Joel Stein cheekily speaks out against the popular practice of putting a columnist’s e-mail at the end of columns. Stein calls the practice “the pathetic, confused […]

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19 Feb

Journos covering Pickton trial seek to inform, not appal, public

In “Anatomy of a Murder Trial,” Guardian reporter Saptarshi Ray looks at how journalists cover the Robert Pickton trial currently underway in Vancouver. Ray speaks to Canadian journalists tasked with […]

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19 Feb

Washington journalism under fire

Washington Post columnist Dan Froomkin argues that “Washington journalism” is on trial alongside I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Jr., who was indicted for allegedly leaking sensitive information about CIA employee Valerie […]

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