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The dangerous game of reporting on government spying operations

Written on Aug, 11, 2015 by admin in Journalism | Leave a comment

Source: cjr.org Markus Beckedahl, the editor-in-chief and founder of Netzpolitik,org, working at a computer at the website’s office in Berlin, Germany, after an interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday, August 5, 2015. (Photo: AP) Most people in the United States have probably never heard of the popular German news site Netzpolitik.org until this month. But it has been in the news …

Guardian US Votes Unanimously To Unionize

Written on Jul, 29, 2015 by admin in Labour, Union, Unionization | Leave a comment

Source:huffingtonpost.com Labor organizing is sweeping through newsrooms. So who’s next? NEW YORK – The staff of the Guardian US voted unanimously Wednesday to unionize under the News Media Guild, an action that comes amid a spate of labor organizing in newsrooms. “The Guardian has a long tradition of supporting union effort,” a spokeswoman for the Guardian US chapter of the News …

Trouble in paradise? How the struggles of two Hawaiian paywalls reflect larger industry trends

Written on Jul, 25, 2015 by admin in Media & Publishing | Leave a comment

The Honolulu Civil Beat and the Honolulu Star-Advertiser both introduced paywalls a couple of years ago. Now their strategies are showing signs of stagnation. Source:niemanlab.org It was billed as the Pugnacious Polynesian Paywall Punch-Up. Honolulu Civil Beat, a local news site backed by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, launched in 2010 with an ad-free business model built on digital subscriptions. About a …

The traumatic effects reporting on tragedy can have on journalists

Written on Jul, 25, 2015 by admin in Journalism | Leave a comment

Source:poynter.org I recently spent three days with a collection of media professionals who had come together to focus on the topic of ‘restorative narrative’. The gathering was sponsored by Images and Voices of Hope an organization promoting the concept of restorative narrative as a more complete way for journalists and others in the storytelling business to tell the tales of individuals and …

National Press Council set to launch in September

Written on Jul, 23, 2015 by admin in Newspapers | Leave a comment

Sourec: j-source.ca By Chantal Braganza, Associate Editor During his interview for the job of executive director of the Ontario Press Council in mid-2010, Don McCurdy suggested something seemingly counterintuitive: dissolve the then-38-year-old organization in favour of creating a national one, which its provincial counterparts across the country might also join. “My idea was to move forward under one group, one set …

Two rights groups launch Charter challenge of Bill C-51

Written on Jul, 23, 2015 by admin in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Source:theglobeandmail Canada’s new terrorism law is being challenged in court by a journalists’ group and a civil rights organization that call it an attack on constitutional freedoms and an “extraordinary inversion” of the role of judges. The Anti-Terrorism Act, which took effect last month, makes it a crime to promote or advocate terrorism. It also gives Canada’s civilian spy agency, …

29 years later, Ruby a Cowichan legend

Written on Jun, 25, 2015 by admin in Media & Publishing, Newspapers | Leave a comment

Source: cowichanvalleycitizen.com When David Rubenstein, known affectionately by his friends, colleagues and clients as Dave, or Ruby, started at the Cowichan Valley Citizen some 29 years ago, he had no idea he would become such an intrinsic part of the community paper. Coming to the job from a background of radio announcing (he had that deep radio voice voice), he soon …

NEGOTIATION UPDATE

Written on Jun, 23, 2015 by admin in negotiations, Times Colonist, Union | Leave a comment

Talks between the Company and the Victoria Joint Council of Newspapers have broken off, as the Joint Councils latest offer was rejected by the company. Severance pay, health benefits and wages remain outstanding. No further meetings are scheduled. Victoria Joint Council of Newspaper Unions.

CWA PRESIDENT CHRIS SHELTON’S ADDRESS TO THE 75TH CWA CONVENTION

Written on Jun, 14, 2015 by admin in CWA | Leave a comment

read entire story here Brothers and Sisters: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I am deeply, deeply humbled—and truly honored—that you have placed your trust in me to lead this great union. Forty-seven years ago, when I Read more at: http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_president_chris_sheltons_address_to_the_75th_cwa_convention

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Author : admin

CWeh! Canada

The dangerous game of reporting on government spying operations

Guardian US Votes Unanimously To Unionize

Trouble in paradise? How the struggles of two Hawaiian paywalls reflect larger industry trends

The traumatic effects reporting on tragedy can have on journalists

National Press Council set to launch in September

Two rights groups launch Charter challenge of Bill C-51

29 years later, Ruby a Cowichan legend

NEGOTIATION UPDATE

CWA PRESIDENT CHRIS SHELTON’S ADDRESS TO THE 75TH CWA CONVENTION

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