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The new journalism and the G20

Like many journalists, I have a bulletin board in my office on which I have pinned dozens of media passes accumulated over years of working for CBC Radio. I have accreditation for political meetings, sporting events, concerts, conference [...]

Posted On : Jul, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

Giving back through journalism

When people think of giving back to the community, they think sandwich lines, clean-up service, and financial charity. Though all of these are great and important, there is no better way to give back to your community than with the very [...]

Posted On : Jul, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

Journalism instruction for South African township kids

Azola Maliti is part of a group of young South Africans from the Khayelitsha township in Cape Town taking part in the Siyakhona project, which combines media training and soccer in programs for young people in Africa. Soccer's in [...]

Posted On : Jul, 03 2010 | Comments : 0

Media: Good journalism versus evil market

An academic critic of New Zealand media says journalism is "heading for hell in a handbasket". But Joe Atkinson says there is no point in asking media companies about the new direction or consulting them for a six-part Winter L [...]

Posted On : Jul, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Deference Journalism

I thought that the rise of social media and quick, easy access to information would render our politics more transparent, but it appears as though the opposite is true. Social media has enabled politicians to bypass the traditional [...]

Posted On : Jul, 01 2010 | Comments : 0

John Pilger on War on Journalism

It’s been a week since Rolling Stone published its article on General Stanley McChrystal that eventually led to him being fired by President Obama. Since the article came out, Rolling Stone and the reporter who broke the story, [...]

Posted On : Jun, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Arab Journalism Awards gets new board of directors

The General-Secretariat of Arab Journalism Awards (AJA) today announced new Board of Directors comprising a number of distinguished Arab media personalities to oversee the awards over the next three years. Khalfan Al Roumi, former Minist [...]

Posted On : Jun, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Journalism Ethicists Hit Overcoverage of Gore Story

Some journalism ethicists are taking issue with coverage of the allegations of sexual misconduct against former vice president Al Gore, claiming the facts do not indicate any concrete evidence of a crime. The claim, first reported by the [...]

Posted On : Jun, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Vepa Rao returns to HPU journalism dept

More than two years after his retirement from Himachal Pradesh University, veteran journalist and former journalism professor Vepa Rao is set to return to the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication here. The executive counc [...]

Posted On : Jun, 21 2010 | Comments : 0

Anas wins Excellence in Journalism Award for 2010

One of Ghana’s outstanding investigative journalists, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has won the 2010 Excellence in Journalism Award by the Global Health Council. He was awarded the Community Reporting category of the awards. Anas who wor [...]

Posted On : Jun, 19 2010 | Comments : 0

Journalism groups rebuke Tory gov't over controls

Journalism associations from across the country have issued a stern rebuke against the Harper government and called on reporters to fight back against its tight information control. In an open letter published Thursday, a number of [...]

Posted On : Jun, 11 2010 | Comments : 0

Powerful voice in journalism guided by concern for the publi...

who died suddenly last Sunday aged 49, was a powerful voice in Irish journalism. He was an incisive political and economic analyst whose writing was informed by a concern for the public good and civilised values. Ruddock was highly intel [...]

Posted On : Jun, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

FTC wants to reinvent journalism

But anyway, “In a just-released ’staff discussion draft’ of ‘potential policy recommendations to support the reinvention of journalism,’ the agency only circles its wagons around old newspapers and their fad [...]

Posted On : Jun, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

Citizen's McGregor wins journalism award

Citizen journalist Glen McGregor was honoured Saturday night at the Canadian Association of Journalists' annual awards ceremony, held this year in Montreal. McGregor took home the CAJ award in the Computer Assisted Reporting category [...]