Archive
10 May

More awards

The Canadian Community Newspaper Association and the B.C. and Yukon Community Newspaper Association have announced their award winners. The CCNA list is here; the BCYCNA list is here.

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10 May

Peace journalist versus proper journalist

The University of Oxford discusses if journalism should be amoral. The discussion was sparked by a comment from a professor of media history, who used George Orwell as her example […]

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10 May

CAJ panel proposes ethics guidelines for digital age

The 2002-vintage ethics code of the Canadian Association of Journalists is certainly due for a revision—for one thing, it makes no mention of the Internet. Now, a panel of the […]

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10 May

Stepping through the election night coverage door

What to make of last night’s election coverage? We asked Jeff Sallot, former Ottawa bureau chief for The Globe and Mail, to weigh in. The sober morning-after message, he says, […]

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10 May

CJFE Releases Free Expression Review

Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) has published its second annual report on free expression in Canada. CJFE’s Review of Free Expression in Canada 2010/2011 highlights abuses of the rights […]

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10 May

Accreditation a prickly concept

The accreditation issue appeared in our Town Hall this week, after Quebec journalists overwhelming backed a proposal to create a special designation for professional journalists. In a world where accreditation […]

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9 May

Le Prix Lizette-Gervais récompense la relève

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Pour la 25e année consécutive, le Prix Lizette-Gervais a salué vendredi la relève journalistique en radio et en télévision. Attribué à des finissants des programmes universitaires de journalisme et de communication, ce prix récompense chaque année deux reportages à caractère social ou humaniste produit pour la radio ou la télévision.</p>

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9 May

Le Conseil de presse a l’oeil sur les réseaux sociaux

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: normal;">Le conseil de presse britannique (PCC) prévoit étendre sa juridiction aux réseaux sociaux d'ici la fin de l'année. Dans ce but, il consulte actuellement les médias et leur demande de se doter d'une politique claire sur l'usage des outils de communication 2.0. De notre côté de l'Atlantique, le Conseil de presse du Québec (CPQ) a d'ores et déjà juridiction sur cet univers.</p>

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9 May

Documentary festival hits record attendance

Documentary film is more popular than ever — at least judging by the record-high attendance at this year’s Toronto-based Hot Docs festival. According to a press release, an estimated 151,000 […]

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9 May

Atlantic Journalism Award winners announced

Winners of the 30th Annual Atlantic Journalism Awards were announced this past weekend. Awards were presented in 30 categories, from TV, to print, to radio. The lifetime achievement award went […]

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