Archive
18 Nov

Mellissa Fung case and military media control

Murray Brewster of the Canadian Press has an interesting angle on the media secrecy around Mellissa Fung’s kidnapping. An excerpt of the story:“Keeping the public in the dark about what […]

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17 Nov

Rather making headway in CBS suit

Was Dan Rather’s career and reputation hijacked by his employer CBS trying to mollify the U.S. Republican far right? Reported the New York Times: “When Dan Rather filed suit against […]

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17 Nov

Wikicensorship protest

Hard lesson: if you attempt censorship, you better hope it works.  A German politican who tried to stop information about himself being posted on Wikipedia backfired, garnering massive publicity for […]

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17 Nov

Review and Canadian magazines

It’s a tough time for Canadian magazines, so “the fact that the Vancouver Review is going to be five years old at the end of the year is an accomplishment,” […]

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16 Nov

Safety overseas

Canwest’s Mary Frances Hill reports on how “journalists who cover the world’s most dangerous stories rely on instinct and common sense for their protection.” The piece — prompted by the […]

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16 Nov

API summit: Yep, it’s a crisis all right

What happens when you gather 50 U.S. newspaper executives and put them behind closed doors to brainstorm solutions to the troubles rocking their industry? The American Press Institute did that last week and the results were: Most agreed […]

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15 Nov

Mellissa Fung case examined

Kathy English, The Toronto Star’s public editor, examines how media reported on two ethically-difficult cases: the kidnapping of CBC reporter Mellissa Fung in Afghanistan, and the jailing in North Korea […]

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14 Nov

Bias? Prove it.

There’s a claim in the Comments section, responding to a story about the CBC’s election coverage: “It was pretty plain that most media coverage of the recent election was totally […]

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14 Nov

Canwest hurting

The most interesting thing about the fourth-quarter results released by Canwest — with a shocking $1.02 billion loss — is that the newspaper division is making good money, albeit less […]

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13 Nov

Writers want more, but can publishers afford it?

ByMarco Ursi If pay rates for freelancers don’t increase, the Canadian publishing industry will end up with a pool of writers who consider magazine writing a hobby, Kim Pittaway told […]

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