Archive
22 Oct

Reporting on the Justice System

This section contains information, advice and commentary on legal issues that arise when covering court cases, trials and hearings.

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22 Oct

Beware of police officers asking questions

By Dean Jobb Few journalists have heard of the Stinchcombe ruling, and that’s not surprising – the case has nothing to do with media law. Yet it has plenty to […]

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22 Oct

Prosecutors in the spotlight

By Dean Jobb A decade ago journalists waiting outside Saskatchewan courtrooms for a comment from a Crown attorney were usually out of luck. Daryl Rayner, the province’s director of prosecutors, […]

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22 Oct

Levelling with our sources

By Dean JobbThe furore over Hamilton Spectator reporter Ken Peters’ contempt conviction for refusing to betray a source raises two crucial questions for all of us. Do Canadian journalists have […]

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22 Oct

N.S. judges demand media accreditation

FeatureA committee of Nova Scotia judges and journalists has decided that court officials should decide which reporters and media organizations can use cameras and tape recorders at the Law Courts […]

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21 Oct

Links to legal resources

<br /><p><strong>Media contacts and legal experts</strong><br />Supreme Court of Canada's media portal<br /><a href="http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/mediaportal/index_e.asp"><strong>http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/mediaportal/index_e.asp</strong></a></p><p>Justice Canada's NewsRoom<br /><a href="http://canada.justice.gc.ca/en/news/index.html"><strong>http://canada.justice.gc.ca/en/news/index.html</strong></a></p>

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21 Oct

Fighting publication bans

By Dean Jobb The shocking story of a terrorist plot to blow up a busy street in downtown Montreal made national headlines last November, after media organizations went to court […]

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20 Oct

Getting answers in a small town

QUESTION: When officials in a small town stop talking, how do you do your job?Threatening to cut off a reporter – or even a whole media outlet – from an […]

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20 Oct

In Context: <i>Toronto Star</i> shakeup

The first two features were published Spring 2004, under an umbrella feature package entitled “Crusades, Convergence & Cutbacks.” One story, “Big Push, Big Worry,” written by Melissa Hank, examined Torstar’s […]

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20 Oct

“On Behalf of Journalism: A Manifesto for Change”

This 21-page report by Geneva Overholser, published by the Annenberg Public Policy Centerat the University of Pennsylvania, summarizes the challenges journalists face today and suggests various Action Steps to overcome […]

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