Monthly Archives: February 2014

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Written on Feb, 21, 2014 by in | Leave a comment

Source: rsf.org/ The International Partnership Mission on safety and protection of journalists and press freedom in Ukraine, currently in Kiev, strongly condemns the violence that today claimed the life of Vesticorrespondent Vyacheslav Veremyi and left at least 27 journalists injured. The delegation of national and international freedom of expression and media support groups, which includes Reporters Without Borders, calls on the Ukrainian authorities to …

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Written on Feb, 11, 2014 by in | Leave a comment

The more investigative reporters sacked, the less incentive the rest have to probe. Source : By Sean Holman, Yesterday, TheTyee.ca Postmedia’s decision to torch its parliamentary bureau last week will inevitably compromise the newspaper chain’s ability to produce investigative public affairs reporting. There will be fewer hands to file access to information requests, fewer eyes to read public records and fewer minds to …

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Written on Feb, 04, 2014 by in | Leave a comment

Source: j-source.ca By Kathleen Kuehn Last March, an editor from The Atlantic approached freelance journalist Nate Thayer about repurposing an article he’d published elsewhere for the news magazine’s website. Unfortunately, the editor informed him, freelance funds had run out. In lieu of payment, the opportunity would offer Thayer “exposure” to The Atlantic’s 13 million monthly readers. Outraged by the proposition that …

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