Archive
23 Nov

Glenn Gould doc shortlisted for Academy Award

Bravo!’s documentary Genuis within: The inner life of Glenn Gould about Canada’s world-renowned pianist has been shortlisted for an Academy Award. The film has already won a Gemini for best […]

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22 Nov

U of T prof says recent Maclean’s story on Asian students ‘fueled racial stereotypes’ and shows journalists’ failure to cover diversity

A recent Maclean’s article about Asian students at Canadian universities not only “fueled racial stereotypes” writes Minelle Mahtani, but it also revealed “a growing crisis in news and current affairs […]

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22 Nov

Undercover investigation into offshore havens

A consortium of investigative reporters has just published a unique investigation into offshore tax havens. Part of the investigation used undercover work that eventually led to the arrest of a […]

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22 Nov

L’État doit-il voler au secours de l’information?

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">La survie de l'information passe par une intervention de l'État sous forme d'aide financière, selon l'éditeur franco-américain André Schiffrin. Dans son dernier essai intitulé «L'argent et les mots», il suggère la création d’un fonds indépendant pour appuyer la libre circulation des idées.</p>

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22 Nov

Murdoch to launch world’s first iPad newspaper

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. will launch an iPad-centric newspaper called the The Daily sometime in the new year, The New York Times‘ David Carr reports. The paper is currently being […]

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21 Nov

Whither Twitter?

An interesting posting on why one journalist — I know, there are many — thinks the rest of us should understand Twitter at the very least and get onto it. The […]

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20 Nov

Talk about “yellow” journalism

Just wondering: Did anyone else out there confuse today’s Globe with a Loblaws flyer? And is it just coincidence the dominant colour is the same one in the front-page ad?

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20 Nov

Blatchford says media and bookstores fearful even before protest at U of Waterloo

Christie Blatchford says in today’s Globe that even before last week’s protest at the University of Waterloo about her new book, bookstores and media bookers feared  controversy.  She will return […]

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19 Nov

Le Buzz: lombudsman de Radio-Canada

Chaque vendredi, «le Buzz» revient sur les trois textes qui ont attiré le plus votre attention en piochant dans nos tweets et nos articles sur la base de nos statistiques. […]

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19 Nov

Walking a fine line in Haiti

A MINUSTAH soldier takes aim at reporter Ansel Herz.    Photo: E. Dupain/F. Matias CAP-HAITIEN – The first barricade looked harmless enough. Foot-long rocks piled next to each other in a […]

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