Archive
2 Jun

Blogger quits Times over paywall

The Times blogger Tim Kevan has withdrawn his Baby Barista blog, citing the publication’s decision to erect a paywall, which he says will be “a disaster”. Kevan worries that the […]

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2 Jun

New bill threatens freedom of speech in Italy

Italian journalists are protesting the proposed Alfano law, which would limit the media and prohibit them from reporting any information about criminal investigations before they go to trial. Media researcher […]

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2 Jun

CSWA workshop: What if Everything You Know is Wrong?

Bob McDonald, a science commentator and host of CBC Radio’s Quirks & Quarks, will deliver the keynote speech “What if Everything You Know is Wrong?: Uncertainty in the Digital Age” […]

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2 Jun

SOS Haïti: aide au journalisme d’enquête

Joseph Guyler Delva est l’initiateur d’un bureau d’enquête indépendant chargé en Haïti. Selon lui, la précarité de la presse locale, aux prises avec du sous-financement et des menaces, rend les […]

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1 Jun

PWAC Editor of the year finalists

Holly Bennett, editor-in-chief of Today’s Parent Special Editions and Michael Totzke, editor of Canadian Interiors are the two finalists for the Profesional Writers’ Association of Canada’s annual Editor of the […]

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1 Jun

PWAC Editor of the year finalists

Holly Bennett, editor-in-chief of Today’s Parent Special Editions and Michael Totzke, editor of Canadian Interiors are the two finalists for the Profesional Writers’ Association of Canada’s annual Editor of the […]

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1 Jun

Yes, Virginia, the medium is the message

This week, after a J-Source tweet-based post earned a swift rebuttal from editor in chief John Stackhouse, we were reminded that 140 characters misses some important nuances and that real-time […]

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31 May

Stackhouse: relaunched Globe will not be a magazine

Approached for comment on J-Source’s May 29 post about The Globe and Mail’s relaunch plans, editor-in-chief John Stackhouse said the post was inaccurate. While the Globe was “taking some inspiration […]

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31 May

Toronto Police wins CAJ secrecy award

The Toronto Police Service has won the Canadian Association of Journalists’ 10th annual Code of Silence award, given annually to the most secretive government agency in Canada. The winner was […]

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31 May

Gazette wins Michener

The Montreal Gazette is the winner of the 2009 Michener Award, Canada’s top honour for public-service journalism. Two other Canwest newspapers, the Victoria Times Colonist and the National Post, won […]

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