Archive
26 Jan

Haiti coverage debated

Images of war and disaster are heavily sanitized in North American news. The public has become used to seeing symbols of death, not actual death. It’s a situation that leaves […]

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19 Jan

Hitting the ground in Haiti

The world’s news media went into full disaster mode this past week. In the Students’ Lounge, the word to graduating students is: “Always be ready to cover a disaster.’  Meanwhile, […]

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12 Jan

Will the Canwest sale offer more of the same?

When the bank pulled the plug on Canwest’s newspaper division last week, faint hope flickered in the land. A Town Hall post asked: “Are we coming to the end of […]

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4 Jan

Why do we do it?

Michelle Lang’s death capped the “deadliest year ever” for media workers, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, with reports of deaths ranging from 68 to 130. At Berkeley campus, […]

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20 Dec

A tip of the hat

This week’s Big Issue gives a tip of the hat to outgoing J-Source editor-in-chief Ivor Shapiro, who handed over the EIC reins to Janice Neil on Dec. 10. “I won’t […]

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14 Dec

An un-redacted challenge

Defence minister Peter MacKay is leading The Current’s ‘Ministerial Refusals’ tally. McKay has turned down four interview requests this season, and has accepted zero. Instead journalists are left to decipher […]

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7 Dec

It’s getting hotter in more ways than one…

Climate-Gate has fuelled extra interest in the UN Climate Change Conference. Ethical journalists may hold themselves above opening private mail, but there’s been no shortage of coverage since someone else […]

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29 Nov

Will Al Jazeera inject new ideas in news coverage?

After some initial roadblocks, Al Jazeera English is on its way to Canada – good news for those of us who got hooked on their international coverage while travelling abroad. […]

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23 Nov

CRTC hearings: What’s next, flash mobs?

While the CRTC ponders cable fees, cable providers and television broadcasters have been trying to out-hip each other with social media campaigns. If nothing else, the competing Face book pages  […]

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17 Nov

Bringing the world home

The Globe and Mail‘s recent decision to quietly close its Moscow bureau is a reminder of the important role many Canadian journalists play in bringing news from the rest of […]

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