Archive
30 Mar

SPJ condemns ABC’s “checkbook journalism”

The Society of Professional Journalists isn’t happy with the “growing trend of checkbook journalism”, and released a statement citing the recent admission that ABC paid the family of a murdered […]

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29 Mar

CBC reporter flies for free

CBC national political reporter Krista Erickson is the subject of debate since it was announced that she is registered as the designated traveller for Calgary Centre Conservative MP Lee Richardson, […]

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29 Mar

Membership of the CAJ Ethics Committee

<p><span><img align="Left" alt="Canadian Association of Journalists" border="0" src="http://www.journalismproject.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/images/content_images/CAJ.jpg" style="width: 125px; height: 80px;" title="Canadian Association of JOurnalists" />The current membership of the Ethics Advisory Committee of the Canadian Association of Journalists is: </span></p>

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5 Mar

Did Carleton j-prof argue against freedom of the press?

“It was strange reading the recent Citizen column by Klaus Pohle (“Presumptions of Guilt,” Feb. 24), because I could swear the Carleton University media law professor was arguing against freedom […]

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26 Feb

The Current: Has “critical journalism gone missing in action?”

CBC’s The Current looked at media coverage of the Games in Vancouver with a Feb. 26 segment that included a panel featuring CBC reporter Tom Harrington, Globe and Mail columnist […]

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24 Feb

Trial by media: “how have we come to this sorry point?”

The recent case of Colonel Russell Williams in Trenton, Ont. is the latest example of “trial by media” and showed that “the more lurid the rumours the larger the headlines […]

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24 Feb

Deadly images

Conflict photographers explain their thinking behind their iconic shots in “The Shooting War,”  a powerful photographic essay on the Foreign Policy web site.

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24 Feb

Broadcasters criticized by gay rights group

Broadcasters in Quebec and Australia are in hot water for on-air references to the sexual orientation of Olympic figure skaters. In Canada, a gay rights group wants a public apology […]

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23 Feb

Plagiarism: “What was I thinking?”

After cases of “apparent plagiarism” arose in his work, New York Times business reporter Zachery Kouwe ultimately resigned from the paper, admitting the similarities between his work and a series […]

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18 Feb

Reports of Lightfoot death greatly exaggerated

Thank god — Gordon Lightfoot’s still alive. Was at work; the boss came out, told me he’d read on the Internet Lightfoot had died. So I went to Twitter — […]

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