A dictionary definition is not enough to explain what a journalist is, as in dictionary definitions all the shades of the profession go missing, resulting in an insufficient explanation of the role.

Last week, as the Senate Judiciary Committee prepared to vote on a federal shield law, I wrote about the competing definitions of a journalist in the House and Senate versions of the bill. Well, I ...

From the Fall 2009 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 4. Defining a journalist and journalism is… From the Fall 2009 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 4. Defining a journalist and ...

This article is in part the fruit of research funded by a SSHRC Insight Grant and of previous research on media accountability funded by Newspapers Canada and Mitacs, which recommended and led to to ...