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[ Date›  03  / 09  / 10
IDEAS
Covering the "Tamil ghost ship": a laurel to the Globe
Ivor ShapiroWhen Canadians heard that a boatload of Tamil refugees was headed our way, reactions quickly divided between "Keep the queue-jumpers out" and "Welcome the huddled masses." It was a good time for journalists to step forward and provide citizens not just with hard news, but context too. Ivor Shapiro thinks at least one national news organization has been doing just that. More»  Comments (1) »
FIELD NOTES
Grievance journalism: restricted access inspires series
Three Victoria Times Colonist journalists, frustrated by repeated delays in accessing public court documents, decided to conduct an experiment with the BC court system. What they found - that the public is routinely and wrongly denied access to information - inspired an award-winning series. Rob Shaw shares the story behind the story.
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TOWN HALL
A Canadian editor in the Congo
Toronto Star Editor Michael Cooke at the office of La Reference plus, with a local newspaper employeeToronto Star editor Michael Cooke visits DR Congo with Journalists for Human Rights's Rachel Pulfer – and discovers just how tough journalists there have to be... More»
THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
How to eliminate the need for paywalls
A paywall reduces readership while disabling the public's ability to share, comment, link and recommend stories - it's a philosophical shift from the way we've always consumed news. But there is an another way to make money from journalism, Martin Moore writes... More»
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No boost for community TV
This past week the CRTC has been under fire for a "paternalistic" new policy on community television. OpenMedia declared the CRTC failed to make history at an opportune moment. Groups like CACTUS the Community Media Education Society called for greater accountability for community programming fund and for a public body to manage community TV, rather than private cable companies. The Media Awareness Network offers this quick backgrounder on community television in Canada.  Advocates hoped a renewed policy would support feisty, independent grassroots TV, along the lines of Vancouver’s ICTV. Instead, they received a pat on the head, according to this delightfully cheeky video report from Valemont TV.
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Columnist suspended for Twitter hoax
Washington Post sports columnist Mike Wise has been suspended for publishing false ... More»
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Covering Afghanistan
Journalism.co.uk is publishing extracts from Afghanistan, War and the Media: Deadlines and ... More»
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