Archive
2 Oct

France: Coup d’envoi des états généraux

RFI | La presse française est en grande difficulté : des plans sociaux dans des journaux de référence tels que Le Monde  et Le Figaro, suppressions de postes et ouverture du […]

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1 Oct

La joute politique de Stéphane Bureau

Isabelle Masse, La Presse | Il n’y a pas que des entrevues de fond à l’agenda de Stéphan Bureau, cet automne. L’animateur de La joute plonge dans l’arène deux fois […]

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1 Oct

Two news websites revamped

The Halifax Chronicle Herald and The Toronto Star have both made some cosmetic changes to their news websites recently. And both ran front-page explanatory notes to readers about the changes. […]

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1 Oct

Chinese firm’s crisis management

A case study in crisis management and media relations, China, 2008: “Please can the government increase control and coordination of the media, to create a good environment for the recall […]

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1 Oct

Why education is election issue No. 1

Arati Sharma, a student at McMaster University, wrote this column in the Hamilton Spectator about education as the top issue in the federal election. She argues that higher education is […]

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1 Oct

Does the CBC need more balanced opinions?

When a recent Heather Mallick column published by cbc.ca was pulled and CBC publisher John Cruickshank apologized for the piece, media observers began weighing in on the content of the […]

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1 Oct

Toronto Star publisher quits

Toronto Star publisher Jagoda Pike has stepped down from the position, leaving Torstar Corp. with the task of hunting down a permanent replacement. In the meantime former Canwest exec Don […]

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30 Sep

Letter to Harper cites failure to honour earlier access-to-information pledges

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation, the Canadian Newspaper Association and the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association issued a joint “Letter to Prime Minister Harper: Honour your access to information […]

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30 Sep

Harper’s plagiarized speech in media

Owen Lippert, a PhD historian with a lengthy track record in Canadian public policy and politics, including a term on the Globe and Mail’s editorial board in 1996, has admitted […]

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30 Sep

U.S. bill fights “libel tourism”

An editorial in the New York Times urges the American Senate to support legislation to prevent American courts from enforcing libel judgments obtained in foreign countries if those countries provide […]

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