We find ourselves being asked if we were being paid to do news stories that flattered Parks Canada. The answer to that is an emphatic NO. We do not get paid to provide coverage. Ever.
Jennifer McGuire
General Manager and Editor in Chief
Jennifer McGuire
General Manager and Editor in Chief
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We find ourselves being asked if we were being paid to do news stories that flattered Parks Canada. The answer to that is an emphatic NO. We do not get paid to provide coverage. Ever.
It was 8:55 in the newsroom on a bright, still September morning. Our assignment editor was getting ready for the daily 9am story meeting when she noticed a flashing BBM message from a friend. It read "Big crash bus train Woodroffe." Immediately, the assignment editor dispatched a camera operator to the crash site.
So began our coverage of this tragic event.
A note on CBC's decision to broadcast our interview with Terry Woodard
Categories: Journalism
Tags: Policy
Yesterday we interviewed Terry Woodard, the wife of Dave Woodard, the bus driver
who was killed in Wednesday morning's terrible accident. We have heard
from many people who are uncomfortable with our decision to include the
interview in our coverage of this tragedy. We think it is important to
explain the thinking behind that decision.
Unless you're an expert in copyright legislation, or happen to have
taken a media law course lately, you're probably unfamiliar with the
phrase "fair dealing". Simply put, fair dealing involves what might
be considered exemptions to copyright law. Those exemptions include
copyrighted material used for purposes of education, private study,
reviews of artistic performances, satire, and news reporting.Update on technical difficulties at CBCNews.ca
Categories: Canada, Journalism, Technology & Science
Tags: How We Work
This weekend marks a very big change for digital teams across the
country that get the digital news to you each and every day. This morning, we moved to a new content management system -
the tool we use to publish our stories and video and interactive
graphics to the website and digital properties. The new tool will allow
us to post more quickly and give us greater flexibility.Ruling on CBC's Rob Ford coverage
Categories: Canada, Journalism
Tags: How We Work, Ombudsman, Policy
If you fancy yourself a media-watcher, chances are you were paying attention to an event in Toronto this week. The Ontario Press Council held hearings to investigate how two newspapers covered Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and his family. The most high-profile story was about a
video that purported to show the mayor smoking crack cocaine. Well, the CBC Ombudsman issued a report on how we handled that story here at CBC News. The evolution of the Chelsea / Bradley Manning story
Categories: Canada, Journalism
Tags: How We Work
Normally, speed is of the essence in a successful news service. But
sometimes, speed isn't everything. Sometimes we have to make the
judgement call to slow things down just a bit. The case of the
American soldier at the centre of the WikiLeaks case is a great example. 
Anyone thinking of attending journalism school should know one thing: if
you want a job when you graduate be prepared to hustle. That's
precisely how I turned an internship at CBC News Network into a paying
gig. Building on our strengths: the CBC News Parliamentary Bureau
Categories: Canada, Journalism
Tags: How We Work
Rob Russo was recently appointed Managing Editor of the CBC News
Parliamentary Bureau in Ottawa.
Any new Ottawa bureau chief is going to be humbled. The political operation was built by CBC giants. But anyone looking to emulate their example must be prepared to earn the confidence they and others established with our bosses, the Canadian taxpayer.
Any new Ottawa bureau chief is going to be humbled. The political operation was built by CBC giants. But anyone looking to emulate their example must be prepared to earn the confidence they and others established with our bosses, the Canadian taxpayer.
CBC partners with University of Winnipeg to hold investigative journalism conference
Categories: Canada, Journalism
Tags: How We Work, Investigative
At CBC News, some of our most serious and provocative journalism is of
the investigative variety. We also think it's important to be
transparent in our methods, and to have broad discussions with the
public about how we do our work. That is one of the reasons the CBC is
partnering with the University of Winnipeg to host a conference next
June entitled: Holding Power to Account: International Conference on
Investigative Journalism, Democracy and Human Rights.
When the Calgary Police came to the CBC building and told us to get out, we couldn't exactly turn off the lights and go home to wait until the devastating flood subsided. Hundreds of thousands of Albertans, and Canadians across the country were relying on us for the latest information on this natural disaster. So less than six hours later, we'd transformed three college labs into a radio studio, a newsroom and a TV production area.
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- Ruling on CBC's Rob Ford coverage
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