B.C. web magazine wins prestigious journalism award

An RTNDA award. Magazine called The Tyee wrote about B.C. homeless and federal election -- CP via CBC.

Globe and Mal has tentative settlment

Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper has agreed to a tentative deal with unionized workers just ahead of a strike deadline, a union official said early on Friday -- Reuters.

Washington Post cancels plans to charge lobbyists for get-together

The New York Times reports that the Washington Post has decided to cancel plans to charge lobbyists and trade groups $25,000 or more to sponsor private, off-the-record dinner parties at the home of its publisher, Katharine Weymouth, events that would have brought together lobbyists, business leaders, Post journalists and officials from the Obama administration and Congress.

The revelation of the parties early Thursday morning by Politico.com appalled members of The Post newsroom and put the paper squarely in the cross hairs of journalism ethicists. In response, Ms. Weymouth canceled the first dinner, scheduled for July 21.

Canadian journalist charged in Iran over protests

Maziar Bahari, an Iranian-Canadian journalist who was detained in Tehran during post-election protests has been charged with belonging to a Western-orchestrated conspiracy to overthrow the clerical regime. Bahari has a home in Toronto but has lived in Iran for more than a decade, and worked for Newsweek magazine.

Globe and Mail strike deadline moved to midnight Thursday

Talks between the Globe and Mail's management and the union representing 480 of its workers have been extended for two days until midnight Thursday night. In a statement, the union said "there will be no strike, lockout or work-to-rule action earlier than midnight Thursday." Veteran Toronto mediator William Kaplan, who has arbitrated talks between Air Canada and its unions, will oversee the last-minute negotiations