Archive
22 Oct

FPJQ – Cour suprême en attente

Le consortium de groupes de presse créé par la Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec attend maintenant la décision de la Cour suprême, en lien avec l’affaire Ma Chouette, où […]

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22 Oct

The right to protect whistleblowers

Canada’s highest court reserved its decision in the second of two cases that could affect journalists’ right to protect their sources. Cecil Rosner looks at the importance of whistleblowers here […]

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22 Oct

Canada falls in press freedom rankings this year

“The news got a little less free in Canada this year,” reports The Canadian Press. This year’s Press Freedom Index from Reporters Without Borders was recently released and Canada fell […]

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22 Oct

First Canadian named president of International PEN

Canadian writer John Ralston Saul has been named the president of International PEN, the 88-year old organization that promotes literature and defends freedom of expression. Saul is the first Canadian […]

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21 Oct

Top court weighs Canada’s press freedoms: Leblanc case

A case now being heard in the Supreme Court of Canada will determine the fate of whistleblowers — and will have a major impact on press freedoms in Canada. Lawyers […]

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21 Oct

Gemini news and sports awards handed out in Toronto

The 2009 Gemini Awards in the news and sports categories were handed out at a gala in Toronto hosted by Jian Ghomeshi. CBC, Global and TSN were among the winners. […]

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21 Oct

CBC News set for massive relaunch Monday

CBC put on quite a show today for media and special guests in preparation for Monday, Oct. 26’s complete relaunch of CBC News. As we walked through the doors on […]

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21 Oct

2009 Jack Webster award winners announced

British Columbia broadcaster Bill Good was awarded the Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award at the 23rd annual Jack Webster Awards in Vancouver on Oct. 20. Jack Webster Foundation co-chair Neil […]

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21 Oct

Ya gotta do what ya gotta do

“Can vice save journalism?” asks Maureen Dowd. “We need life rafts,” she wrote in The New York Times. “Publications once buoyed by splashy ads evoking drinking and sex are now […]

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21 Oct

Au sujet de l’anonymat des sources

Le milieu municipal montréalais est sur la sellette en raison d’allégations de malversation et de corruption. L’information provient principalement de sources anonymes. Jusqu’où le recours à ce type de source […]

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