Archive
17 Aug

Never give up, never give in

In my History of Investigative Journalism in Canada, I showed how modern consumer reporting has played an important role in investigative work for at least 50 years. Ralph Nader’s famous […]

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17 Aug

Employees raising money to buy Victoria TV station from Canwest

Employees at CHEK-TV in Victoria are raising money and looking for backers in an attempt to buy the station from Canwest Communications Corp. Canwest plans to close the station, along […]

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17 Aug

Rather keeps fighting

Dan Rather’s legal battle is in the news again, after a judge who previously dismissed his $70 million lawsuit against CBS and Viacom restored the claim. Sidney Blumenthal’s Salon.com article, […]

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17 Aug

Nova Scotia drops FOI request fee

The Nova Scotia government has cut the fee for applications under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act to $5 from $25, the Halifax Chronicle-Herald reports. The rate […]

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16 Aug

Obama : la lune de miel médiatique est terminée

Le président américain Barack Obama semble découvrir la véritable nature des médias : rapporter la nouvelle. Il s’étonne de la couverture défavorable dont il fait l’objet, relativement à son plan […]

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16 Aug

Les journaux, sur le point de disparaître?

Dans une lettre d’opinion publiée par Le Devoir, Pierre Desjardins, qui est auteur et professeur de philosophie, s’intéresse au déclin des journaux qui sont «en danger». Pour étayer ses propos, […]

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14 Aug

In Journal: Media depictions of Bosnian war babies, UK politics, mental health and criminal behaviour

Articles recently published in academic journals that may be of interest to the journalism community: “‘A Fresh Crop of Human Misery’: Representations of Bosnian ‘War Babies’ in the Global Print […]

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14 Aug

Action pulls people out of a crisis, not words

In a recent post, called “The dangers of media navel-gazing,” on True/Slant, Marcelo Ballve asserts that “at a certain stage it becomes counterproductive to self-analyze.” He writes: “There’s so much […]

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14 Aug

CBC launches iPhone application

The CBC introduced its first iPhone application today, according to a post on the insidethecbc.com blog. The app streams content from Radio One, Radio 2 and CBC Radio 3 as […]

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13 Aug

Des citoyens déterminés à concurrencer Irving

Au Nouveau-Brunswick, une coopérative médiatique a été mise sur pied, non pour assurer le maintient des emplois en journalisme, mais bien pour tenter d’obtenir une voix d’information indépendante et non […]

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