Archive
12 Dec

L’art de l’origami

Steve Proulx, Voir | (…) De toute façon, je vous avoue qu’en attendant le papier électronique, je préfère de plus en plus lire La Presse, ou n’importe quel autre journal, […]

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12 Dec

Il faut se conformer au guide!

Steve Proulx, Voir | Bon, je vais devoir relire mon Guide de déontologie pour voir si je m’y conforme bien…

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12 Dec

Nominations recherchées pour un prix hommage en journalisme

Colette Brin, ProjetJ | La Fondation pour le journalisme canadien sollicite des nominations pour le prix “Couronnement de carrière”. Il s’agit d’un prix annuel “décerné à une personne ayant fait […]

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11 Dec

Exploring the media’s right to offend

ForumLegal, human rights and media experts from across Canada gathered in Halifax on November 1, 2008 to discuss the limits on what Canadians can say and publish about sensitive issues […]

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11 Dec

Defamatory email costs sender $7,800

By Betsy PowellCourts Bureau September 4, 2008 – A recent out-of-court settlement provides a cautionary tale for anyone who has ever sent an email saying malicious things about someone, especially […]

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11 Dec

Online hate best left to police: Expert

NewsParliament should repeal the Canadian Human Rights Commission’s power to investigate online hate messages, leaving such probes to police, prosecutors and Internet service providers, says a report released in November […]

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11 Dec

Off with their heads! Demands to fire Tribune editorial writers: normal or abnormal?

Many news outlets appear to be shocked and outraged at the revelations that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich had apparently demanded that the Chicago Tribune fire certain critical editorial writers. Where […]

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11 Dec

Undercover cops cripple press freedom

FeatureCanada’s major police forces have assigned officers to pose as journalists or would consider doing so to combat crime. Journalists condemn the practice, saying it undermines their credibility and threatens […]

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11 Dec

N.S. courts withdraw media accreditation plan

NewsNova Scotia’s courts have withdrawn a controversial plan to accredit journalists and mete out unspecified punishment to journalists deemed to have violated guidelines on access to hearings and documents. It […]

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11 Dec

What’s in a name? A lot

CommentaryPrime Minister Stephen Harper campaigned on a promise to lift the publication ban on the identities of young people convicted of serious violent offences. Under the Youth Criminal Justice Act […]

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