<p>A <em>Toronto</em> Star investigation into the city’s busy youth court met with resistance from judges and prosecutors, arbitrary publication bans and attempts to block access to the basic records the media needs to cover the justice system. In the words of reporter David Bruser, the paper had to fight to lift the “institutional shroud covering the often-disturbing details of youth crimes from public view.”Read the Star’s Oct.
READ MORENewsToronto (June 28, 2007) — A judge has ruled that Toronto author and journalist Derek Finkle does not have to turn over research materials accumulated in writing No Claim To Mercy, […]
READ MOREFeatureGlobe and Mail justice reporter Kirk Makin likens maintaining a beat to tending a garden. “There’s only a certain period where there’s fruit in the trees,” he says, “but you […]
READ MORECommentaryCanadian news outlets, however unknowingly, helped smear Maher Arar’s reputation. The editor-in-chief of CBC News says the case highlights why journalists should be wary of using anonymous sources. By Tony […]
READ MOREFeatureHow three investigative reporters — Stevie Cameron, Andrew McIntosh, and Juliet O’Neill — got so close to the story that they became the story. Read Elysse Zarek’s report in the […]
READ MOREFeatureIn the wake of allegations against investigative reporter Stevie Cameron, journalists find themselves wondering where they stand on giving the police information. As Sam Mednick writes in the King’s Journalism […]
READ MOREFeatureNick Pron is convinced he’s found the balance between being too friendly with the cops and too critical of them. Judging by the number of cops and journalists who no […]
READ MOREBy Dean Jobb Few journalists have heard of the Stinchcombe ruling, and that’s not surprising – the case has nothing to do with media law. Yet it has plenty to […]
READ MOREBy Dean Jobb A decade ago journalists waiting outside Saskatchewan courtrooms for a comment from a Crown attorney were usually out of luck. Daryl Rayner, the province’s director of prosecutors, […]
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