Now on J-Source: Press councils in crisis; police read notes; access denied
TORONTO, July 14 /CNW/ -
IN THE NEWS: http://www.j-source.ca/english_new/category.php?catid=4
***Pentagon ends Guantanamo reporters' ban
***Police allegedly erase
photos during G20 arrests
***Court orders paper to name commenter
***Toronto
Life redesign blast from the past
***Lisa LaFlamme to replace
retiring Lloyd Robertson
***Ontario to invest in magazines: report
***News
reports did not demonstrate anti-police bias: CBSC
***Political
blogger resigns over private remarks
***Huffington Post acquires
opinion poll company
***WJEC releases 2010 journalism education
census
***Black buyout shuts down four B.C. newspapers
***Quebecor
withdrawal from press council a "crisis"
***Economist
doctors Obama cover image
***Ceri Marsh resigns as editor of Fashion
Magazine
FEATURES http://j-source.ca
ETHICS
***Press councils' choice: make big changes, or fade to
black***
Press councils across Canada are declining because they
lack relevance, credibility and money, writes Brian Gabrial. Yet the
need for a watchdog over journalism's ethics has never been greater, and
it's time to choose between accepting a slow death and taking some
bold-and controversial-moves.
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
***Access denied: journalist tells his side of
the G20 story***
A first-person account from Real News Network
journalist Jesse Freeston on being beaten, denied access to public
spaces and the story police didn't want him to capture.
BOOK REVIEWS
***How pop culture influences Canadian communication***
Valérie
Bélair-Gagnon reviews the third volume of How Canadians Communicate,
which features a series of essays that focuses on Canadian pop culture
and our nation's search for identity in a globalized world.
STUDENTS' LOUNGE
***Police read student journalist's notes***
Student
journalist Dylan C. Robertson was taking photos of police on the
University of Toronto's campus during the G20 when he was searched and
questioned about the contents of his backpack, his notes and every
single photo on his camera.
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