Tag: #5 Comfort the afflicted and afflict the complacent
Caught in the headlines – how Canadian journalism failed MMIWG
3 Jun 2020
One year on from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG),1 the world has changed but too much of Canadian journalism has not. Even as news reports offered extensive coverage on the publication of the conclusions and recommendations, commentary focused on one word: genocide. The response by major Canadian news […]
Death and the Newsmen: The weight of reporting pandemic loss
27 May 2020
In the film Citizen Kane, summarising the mystery of “Rosebud”, Thompson says: “Mr Kane was a man who got everything he wanted, and then lost it. Maybe Rosebud was something he couldn’t get, or something he lost. Anyway, I don’t think it would have explained everything. I don’t think any word can explain a man’s […]
We the people: Oklahoma Primaries, Super Tuesday
2 Mar 2016
If politics is about people, who are the people politicians are fighting to represent? “We the people” brings the human stories in Oklahoma on “Super Tuesday” of the US presidential primaries race.
Scots law for most vulnerable hides behind closed doors
20 Nov 2015
A “conference” on UK and Scots law affecting some of the most vulnerable in society is being held and anyone may attend, except reporters. Is that fair?
Balibo Five remembered to afflict the complacent
16 Oct 2015
The Balibo Five, reporters for Australian television, were murdered by Indonesian forces on October 16, 1975. Why does it still matter?
We the people: UK general election 2015
8 May 2015
Politics is about people – but what are the people actually doing outside a political bubble? ‘We the People’ goes in search of news outwith the election.
Charlie Hebdo: What it means for Liberté
11 Jan 2015
#JesuisCharlie, and #JesuisAhmed, and most importantly, #JesuisLiberté. What the attack on Charlie Hebdo means for journalism.
Stephen Sutton and comforting the afflicting
18 May 2014
Stephen Sutton tapped into the raw “humankin” – an almost innocent base foundation upon which are built life’s choices and consequences and accidents, all of which make up the reporting you see every day.
Why we must watch the Winter Olympics
7 Feb 2014
Do not turn away from the Winter Olympics. And do not turn away from the news from Russia when the games are over. Why boycotting the Sochi games is wrong.
Mr Smith goes to Washington – but why?
16 Jan 2014
Mr Smith goes to Washington but won’t tell the press why. How is journalism changing and why won’t sources speak to reporters?
