On a Friday afternoon late this past summer, Scott Fee, an anchor for Victoria’s CHEK News, sat waiting to tape what might have been the station’s final 5 p.m. newscast. Over a month earlier, Canwest Global—the station’s cash-strapped owner since 2000—had announced that it planned to shut down the money-losing station. Employees had been trying… Continue reading Who’s the Boss?
Investigative news project to launch in Colorado
Denver television station KBDI is launching a non-profit investigative news unit due to the reduction of significant investigative journalism. The operation, called Colorado Public News, will launch online (a beta version is already up) and later expand to a weekly half-hour program. KBDI hasn’t set a target launch date, but it hopes to raise $400,000 to… Continue reading Investigative news project to launch in Colorado
”Weasel words. Pin down your source on this”
The Toronto Star has more than layoff issues these days. This morning an unknown Star editor sent Torontoist a copy edited version of publisher John Cruickshank’s memo, headlined, “Why the Star needs its own editors.” The red pen is merciless, but that the memo fails to follow the Star‘s own style guide—well, maybe the paper… Continue reading ”Weasel words. Pin down your source on this”
Nature of the (media) beast
An RCMP officer’s libel lawsuit against CBC is just one of the unfortunate consequences that come with running a breaking story. Const. Kwesi Millington, the officer whose Taser use led to Robert Dziekanski’s death, claims CBC “defamed him” and caused him “serious embarrassment and distress” with its coverage of the event, according to a story… Continue reading Nature of the (media) beast
Friday Funny: Sesame Street slams Fox—er, Pox News
Children have been used in war before. But last week Sesame Street took the fight to Fox to a new level, though the episode has aired a few times in the past two years. First the White House, and now a venerable kids show? Fox just can’t get any slack. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO-1j9T90-8
