Archive
17 Oct

Journalism students are lazy

Mark Bonokoski, a columnist with the Toronto Sun, discusses how nothing beats the personal touch, how journalism students are increasingly becoming lazy, and how to get into the business.

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17 Oct

CUP guide to self-editing

Self-editing can be the most annoying and pointless step in the writing process if it is not done correctly. If you do it right, though, your editors will love you […]

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17 Oct

Award honours Gzowski

The Association of Electronic Journalists has created an award named after Peter Gzowski, the late Maclean’s editor and long-time CBC radio host of Morningside. The RTNDA Peter Gzowski Award – […]

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17 Oct

Carl Wilson on writing a good lede

Journalism, H.L. Mencken once said, is literature in a hurry. As an instant novelist, then, every sentence you write should grab the reader’s interest, impart vital information, clarify obscure angles […]

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17 Oct

News writing: the basics

A news story doesn’t begin with the first interview or the opening paragraph. It starts with background research. The Canadian University Press breaks down newswriting for beginner journalists in this […]

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17 Oct

Getting to know the student paper

So you’ve walked into your student newspaper office. You’ve spoken with an editor or two and maybe even been assigned a story. Now what? The Canadian University Press provides the […]

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17 Oct

Headlines

A selection of headlines above the first online, breaking-news stories about today’s Statistics Canada crime report. It’s a hot political topic in the context of yesterday’s Conservative government throne speech […]

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17 Oct

“Shock” at murders of Iraq journalists

The International Federation of Journalists has called on the international community “to take special action to confront the human tragedy in Iraq where the killings of journalists and media staff […]

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17 Oct

Quebecor Media blâmé par son comité de surveillance

Paul Cauchon, Le Devoir Quebecor Media est accusé d’avoir contrevenu aux règles mises en place par le CRTC qui interdisent l’échange de matériel entre ses salles de nouvelles. Et cette […]

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17 Oct

BBC plans major job cuts

The BBC is schedule to announce major job cuts – as many as 2,800 positions – many of which will affect news and factual departments, Reuters reports.

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