Archive
30 Dec

Internet media law 101

Online defamation Posting a libellous statement on a website or to a newsgroup or listserv carries the same risk of legal action as publishing it in a newspaper or broadcasting […]

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30 Dec

Seed Magazine and Scienceblog win awards

Seed, the American science magazine, and Scienceblogs.com have won major awards for innovation and excellence in science journalism. The magazine was awarded the UTNE 2006 Independent Press Award for Best […]

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26 Dec

Canadian libel law chills free speech on Internet

CommentaryCanadian Internet service providers need protection from libel suits sparked by web postings, argues Internet law expert Michael Geist.

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26 Dec

Keys to fair reporting on youth crime

FeatureExperts says reporters sensationalize youth crime and contribute to the public misconception that teens are increasingly violent and out of control. Stephanie Cameron checks the facts behind the headlines in […]

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26 Dec

Arar, anonymous sources and the duty to report with care

CommentaryCanadian news outlets, however unknowingly, helped smear Maher Arar’s reputation. The editor-in-chief of CBC News says the case highlights why journalists should be wary of using anonymous sources. By Tony […]

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26 Dec

Fear of publishing

FeatureMuslim outrage over published caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed has fueled a debate in Canada on what constitutes freedom of speech. Marlene Rego reports in the Ryerson Review of Journalism.

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26 Dec

The U.S. government’s assault on press freedom

CommentaryIn a nation that preaches the virtues of democracy, the United States government has consistently eroded the media’s ability to report — undermining the ideals it professes to uphold. Lawyer […]

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26 Dec

Quebec courts reject businessman’s privacy claim

NewsThe Montreal Gazette and two other Quebec media outlets won access in December 2006 to the financial information of a businessman at the centre of a major lawsuit. The Gazette‘s […]

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26 Dec

Pssst … try the back door to cyberspace

FeatureOn the frontiers of human rights and technology, Julia Belluz writes in the Ryerson Review of Journalism, outspoken nerds fight to free the flow of information on the web.

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26 Dec

Romania’s struggle with press freedom

FeatureRomanian readers want their news to be fun — and soaked in scandal, Arwen Kidd reports from Bucharest in the King’s Journalism Review.

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