Archive
29 Nov

Pickton trial in review on The Current

With the Pickton trial nearing an end, CBC Radio’s The Current hosted a panel discussion featuring CBC Radio national reporter Kelly Ryan; Rick Frey, the father of Marnie Frey, one […]

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29 Nov

Layoffs in the NYT newsroom

An internal memo from NYT executive editor Bill Keller has made its way to mediabistro.com, declaring “about a dozen support positions within the newspaper are being eliminated.” In 2008, the paper plans […]

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26 Nov

Journos reluctant to admit mistakes

In a November 24 column, Toronto Star’s public editor Kathy English offers a glimpse at Regret The Error: How Media Mistakes Pollute the Press and Imperil Free Speech, a new book by […]

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19 Nov

Can we trust citizen journalists?

London Free Press columnist Paul Berton looks at how the videotape evidence of the tragic death of Robert Dziekanski at the Vancouver airport in October, 2007 has impacted on the citizen journalism debate.

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18 Nov

Responsible journalism and the Ontario ruling

There is no defence at all for “irresponsible journalism,” wrote Toronto Star public editor Kathy English in a weekend column, “What is responsible journalism on matters of public interest?“ A […]

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15 Nov

The WSJ pay wall is coming down

Two months after rival pub the New York Times took down their pay wall, NewsCorp Chair Rupert Murdoch has said he is planning to make access to The Wall Street Journal free, dropping subscription fees […]

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13 Nov

China’s Olympics

Chinese officials are denying reports they’re keeping dossiers on foreign journalists who are planning on covering the Beijing Olympics, reported the Associated Press. The the Beijing Games open in less […]

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13 Nov

Slow Journalism please: Al Jazeera chief

Media in the Arab world are “suffering from four major defects”, the director-general of Al Jazeera warned at a Media & Marketing conference in Dubai, reported Arabian Business. Wadah Khanfar […]

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13 Nov

CanWest cuts: opposition

Unions are starting to speak up against the latest CanWest newsroom cutbacks, which they argue will erode local news coverage. But where are the people who read/watch the news, and […]

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10 Nov

The new news…

A story about Black Tickle, Labrador on the Globe and Mail’s website Saturday, while the stereotypical “death of rural Newfoundland & Labrador” story we have been reading for more than 30 years in […]

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