Archive for the ‘Canadian media’ Category
Give and Take on ‘Sorry’: Balancing the Scales of Justice
Posted by: Michael on: June 25, 2008
As a follow-up to my pro-apology post, I’m going to present an anti-apology case.
At the World Conference on Disaster Management, Norm Keith from Gowlings, a law firm with a specialty in health and workplace safety, gave a presentation on legal issues surrounding emergency management and response. He mentioned that his firm was defending a client [...]
Armchair Analysis: Does the Calgary Zoo have a Lingering Crisis?
Posted by: Michael on: May 14, 2008
As listeners of my podcast know, I wrote my Master’s paper on the phenomenon of the lingering crisis, a typology first characterized by DeVries and Fitzpatrick in a study on the Smithsonian National Zoo.
My paper consists of a meta-analysis of the Zoo case, Dow Corning’s breast implant crisis, Denny’s restaurants’ discrimination crisis, and the [...]
Do you Believe? Media Agnosticism and Blurring Lines.
Posted by: Michael on: April 24, 2008
Last week, I attended the CPRS Vancouver Island Media Crawl. We visited two newspapers, two TV news stations, and one radio station. We also got lunchtime talks from a CP reporter and a community cable manager.
As I furiously scribbled notes throughout the Crawl, a theme emerged: media agnosticism. This means that instead of outlets only [...]
The Thirst for Info: Campus Lockdowns and Crisis Comms
Posted by: Michael on: February 6, 2008
On Wednesday, January 30th, the University of British Columbia Biological Sciences building was locked down by the RCMP for no apparent reason.
Reports indicated that the RCMP did not disclose a reason for the lockdown other than because it received a threat:
information is being withheld to protect the public, said Const. Annie Linteau. She said releasing [...]
Black Does Mercer: Salvaging a Reputation
Posted by: Michael on: October 2, 2007
Tonight, embattled former press baron Conrad Black appeared on the Mercer Report in the segment called “Celebrity Tips” where the likes of Tie Domi and Stephen Harper have previously self-deprecated before the cameras.
In the piece, we see, among elegant surroundings, a lone figure walking authoritatively toward the camera, silhouetted by sunlight shining through large French [...]
One-Two-Go Implements Crisis Site
Posted by: Michael on: September 18, 2007
Reports about the fatal plane crash on Sunday, September 16 in Phuket, Thailand, that so far has claimed 89 lives, brought good news to the family of one Canadian woman who escaped out a window, but new reports are emerging that a Vancouver woman may be among the victims. I have been trying to find [...]
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