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Michelle Lang included in war memorial
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September 2, 2010 - Posted by Dana Lacey
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Calgary Herald reporter Michelle Lang, who was killed last December while covering the war in Afghanistan, will have her name added to Saskatchewan's war memorial...
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A Canadian editor in the Congo
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August 31, 2010 - Posted by Dana Lacey
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 Toronto 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...
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How the media covered the BP spill
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August 27, 2010 - Posted by Dana Lacey
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A new study examines 2,900 American media stories about the Gulf oil spill disaster, from the day of the oil rig explosion to the day after BP CEO Tony Hayward’s departure...
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War reporter launches comic book
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August 26, 2010 - Posted by Dana Lacey
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 War reporter David Axe has reported from some of the world's toughest environments, his stories appearing in newspapers, TV spots, blog posts and most popular of all, comic books...
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Why we don't cover Pakistan
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August 31, 2010 - Posted by Dana Lacey
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 With 17 million people now homeless – and a looming food crisis – the floods in Pakistan is an important international story. Why isn’t it being treated like one? Claude Adams reports.
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Breaking the silence on Pakistan
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August 24, 2010 - Posted by Patricia Elliott
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 In Pakistan, a disaster of epic proportions
has unfolded. The Times
of India reports it will take years for the country to recover. Yet media
coverage has been relatively muted. In a Global
Journalist panel discussion, journalists working in the region agree
coverage of the flood lacks urgency. To illustrate the situation closer to
home, the pages of J-Source were silent in the first weeks of the crisis,
compared to extensive posts and discussion following the Haiti earthquake. Until today, with Claude Adam's piece about why we don't cover Pakistan.
In a thoughtful segment, Al Jazeera's Listening
Post asks: What is it about the images of this disaster that has failed to
evoke the same compassion as others have done?
Even the celebrity news website Jezebel has noted
the quiet reaction. In this
New York Times report, the relationship between media coverage and
international response is clear. A column
in the Guardian argues a steady drip of terror-obsessed media coverage has
affected how people feel. Yet Huffington Post columnist Ethan Casey feels blaming
the media is a cop-out for a recession-distracted western audience with
narrow attitudes about the Islamic world.
In the immediate aftermath, social media is helping spread the flow of information, reports Saman Sheikh. An awakening world is sending more reporters to the scene, aided by citizen journalism reports. But, clearly, the wall-to-wall coverage we’ve seen in the past is not part of the picture this time around. BBC's ‘Have
Your Say’ forum asks: Should it be?
Meanwhile, here at J-Source, an over-long silence has been broken. What are your thoughts? Who out there is working on the story? What decisions are being made in terms of coverage?
(Photo: Pakistan flood damage / Monica Smith, US Army)
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On profiling a serial killer
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August 20, 2010 - Posted by Dana Lacey
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In a video, The Mark interviewed journalist Stevie Cameron to discuss her new book about Robert Pickton, Canada's most prolific serial killer...
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Pentagon to discuss Afghan files: WikiLeaks
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August 18, 2010 - Posted by Dana Lacey
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said the Pentagon is willing to discuss the leaked Afghan war logs in order to decide which files could potentially harm civilians and be removed...
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How to reveal secrets
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August 24, 2010 - Posted by Dana Lacey
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 Whistleblowing can afflict the comfortable, but can also do more harm than good, Stephen Ward writes. When will sites like WikiLeaks produce a code of ethics?
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Stevie Cameron's new e-book
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August 13, 2010 - Posted by Dana Lacey
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 Stevie Cameron's new book, On The Farm: Robert William Pickton and the Tragic Story of Vancouver’s Missing Women, can be downloaded starting tomorrow, and is available in paperback next week...
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Riot act: extreme journalism
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August 10, 2010 - Posted by Dana Lacey
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 Swiss journalist Dominik Bärlocher, who covers the riot beat at his newspaper, gives us a behind-the-scenes look at a day covering a nasty football riot – including face-punching, macing and teargas attacks. Spoiler: he managed to make deadline.
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New course for war correspondents
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July 28, 2010 - Posted by Dana Lacey
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A new course to train journalists entering conflict zones will be offered by Athabasca University from September 15 to October 31...
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Female filmmakers sweep JHR documentary awards
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August 3, 2010 - Posted by Dana Lacey
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 Nathaniel Laywine writes about female documentary journalists, their subjects and their role in the 2nd annual Journalists for Human Rights documentary film festival.
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This section deals with the physical and emotional safety of journalists in
Canada and abroad, the impact of coverage on people caught up in violent and
traumatic stories and the effects that covering violence and trauma may have on
news consumers.
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