Archive
11 Mar

Re-imagining journalism

The online magazine The Tyee is running a series on journalism by Steve Anderson, co-ordinator of Canadians for Democratic Media and the Stop the Big Media Takeover campaign. Anderson’s first […]

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11 Mar

Quebecor leaves CP

The Canadian Press, already embroiled in restructuring, took a major blow from Quebecor Inc., which announced it will pull out of the news co-operative in mid 2010 to cut costs, […]

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11 Mar

Photojournalist Tom Hanson dead at 41

Canadian Press reported that award-winning CP photojournalist Tom Hanson, “a fierce champion of journalistic rights whose sometimes brusque manner belied a devoted husband with a gentle soul,” has died suddenly […]

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11 Mar

Media Cloud: Automated media research tool open for testing

Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society is beta testing an open-source, automated online media research tool called Media Cloud. According to the Center, Media Cloud software can already code […]

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11 Mar

Longtime CBC reporter interviewed on The Hour

“You always hear people say, ‘I remember where I was when Kennedy was shot.’ ‘I remember where I was when the space shuttle challenger blew up.’ Those moments stay with […]

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11 Mar

Censorship: Alberta to create movie czar

CBC reports on Alberta’s new censorship law, Bill 19, “New Alberta film bill creates movie czar, inspectors.” Cinema owners and movie distributors in Alberta are upset, said CBC, because the […]

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11 Mar

RTNDA announces 2009 President’s Award winner

The Association of Electronic Journalists is pleased to announce that Henry Champ is this year’s recipient of the RTNDA President’s Award. RTNDA’s highest honour is presented annually to recognize individuals […]

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11 Mar

Freelance journalist killed in Kandahar

Javed Yazamy, an Afghan freelance cameraman who worked for CTV, Canadian Press and other Canadian outlets, was shot in a drive-by shooting in Kandahar Tuesday. Yazamy, 23, known by his […]

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11 Mar

Rogers & Shaw to CRTC: CanCon web levy is illegal

Rogers Communications vice-chairman Phil Lind told the CRTC that a proposed small levy to support online Canadian content is illegal, a view later echoed by Shaw Communications, reports The Globe […]

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11 Mar

Rogers to Mag Awards: Cancel the show

According to a report in the Globe and Mail, Rogers Publishing CEO Brian Segal has told the National Magazine Awards Foundation to scrap this year’s program honouring magazine writers, photographers, […]

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