Radio / Television News

The TUESDAY INTERVIEW: Paul Jay, chairman IWT News

GETTING A NEW TV CHANNEL off the ground is an enormous challenge. Getting a news channel going is even bigger. But getting one up and running strictly on donations? That’s ambitious. But, that’s what Canadian producer Paul Jay and his supporters are working on: The launch of Independent World Television News. Jay was creator and executive producer of CBC Newsworld's debate program counterSpin, which has since been cancelled. He is also an award winning documentary filmmaker and founding Chair of Hot Docs!, the Canadian International Documentary Film Festival. But the state of TV journalism is irksome to him and many...