I sent out a message on Twitter saying I was working on a piece on Canadian journalism in 2008.

I received the following tweet (actually, the only response) by @jayrosen_nyu on Jan. 1: "Small case study in Harper's suspension of Parliament. Who explained it best across the press and blogosphere?"

This is as much a master's thesis as it is a blog post. :)

But I'm going to attempt to tackle it and examine the issue of how the media should apply those lessons to political coverage in 2009.

You can see this evolve in real time, so pitch in some thoughts, if you wish Updated Jan. 11.

I've rounded up some other news about journalism and the news in Canada in 2008.

From the BBC (Jan. 2):

The authorities in Vietnam have sacked the editors of the country's two largest pro-reform newspapers.

Nguyen Cong Khe and Le Hoang were ousted months after two of their journalists went on trial over coverage of a government corruption scandal.

Correspondents say the two papers concerned - Thanh Nien and Tuoi Tre -have taken a leading role in exposing allegations of official corruption.

Vietnam has recently toughened reporting restrictions.

From the BBC:

Somali kidnappers have released a British journalist and Spanish photographer, according to officials.

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