Archive
23 Oct

The wrong arm of the law

FeatureHow 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 […]

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23 Oct

Trial by journalist

FeatureIn Canada, you’re innocent until proven guilty. You wouldn’t know it from reading some of Christie Blatchford’s columns on high-profile trials. Mike Drach of the Ryerson Review of Journalism explains […]

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23 Oct

Media access to court exhibits

By David Crerar and Majda DabaghiIn the summer of 2005 Justice Morris Fish, writing for the Supreme Court of Canada in Toronto Star Newspapers v. Ontario, 2005 SCC 41, confirmed […]

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23 Oct

When the police come calling

FeatureIn 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 […]

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23 Oct

The thin blue line

FeatureNick 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 […]

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22 Oct

Lifting the lid off search warrants

By Dean Jobb In the late summer of 2003 the Ontario Provincial Police, armed with six search warrants, descended on a meat-packing plant in Aylmer. The plant, police alleged, had […]

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22 Oct

Reporting on the Justice System

This section contains information, advice and commentary on legal issues that arise when covering court cases, trials and hearings.

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22 Oct

N.S. judges demand media accreditation

FeatureA committee of Nova Scotia judges and journalists has decided that court officials should decide which reporters and media organizations can use cameras and tape recorders at the Law Courts […]

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22 Oct

Beware of police officers asking questions

By 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 […]

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22 Oct

Prosecutors in the spotlight

By 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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