Last week, we wrote about redactions in freedom of information requests, but how do news outlets decide what of their own material to black out? Christopher Parsons, for one, can’t figure that out. Parsons, a postdoctoral fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs who is studying “how privacy (particularly informational privacy, expressive privacy and… Continue reading CBC’s NSA story: who redacts the redacters?
What we lose when papers give up on beat reporting
By Lisa Coxon When Rod Mickleburgh was a labour reporter for The Vancouver Sun in the 1970s, he worked the night shift. Because that meant no deadlines, he’d sit at his desk, call union leaders at home and have long chats. After more than a decade on the beat, Mickleburgh had the sources and the instincts to… Continue reading What we lose when papers give up on beat reporting
Wall Street Journal falsely claims that CBC paid for NSA docs”
After CBC’s report three days ago that the National Security Agency (NSA) had set up camp at the American embassy in Ottawa during the 2010 G20 Summit with support from the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC), The Wall Street Journal reporter Alistair MacDonald tweeted: . @CBC admits it paid taxpayer’s money to @ggreenwald for access… Continue reading Wall Street Journal falsely claims that CBC paid for NSA docs”
Friday Funny: the latest on Anna Nicole Smith
Had she lived, Anna Nicole Smith would have celebrated her 46th birthday yesterday. But as you may have heard, she died in 2007. You certainly heard if you were anywhere near CNN at the time. Kudos to Blitzer for keeping his legendary straight face through that one. Remember to follow the Review and its masthead… Continue reading Friday Funny: the latest on Anna Nicole Smith
‘The company does not love you’: the editorial cartoon after Roy Peterson
By Shannon Clarke [doptg id=”2″] “They’re not going to like this,” thought copy editor Cheryl Parker as she walked Roy Peterson’s last cartoon through The Vancouver Sun newsroom in 2009. The caricature showed Peterson dressed as Father Time, holding a newspaper with the headline “Newspaper terminates editorial cartoonist” and a sign that read, “The End Is Nigh!” Parker… Continue reading ‘The company does not love you’: the editorial cartoon after Roy Peterson
