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17 Sep

Media concentration too high: CBC

“The level of consolidation in the Canadian media industry has reached levels that “in any other country would be considered unacceptable,” Canada’s public broadcaster told regulators Monday at the start […]

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17 Sep

Rassemblement pour la démocratie à la télévision

Republique-des-lettres.fr Sur le modèle des journées sans tabac et dans le même esprit de protection de la santé publique, le Rassemblement pour la Démocratie à la Télévision (RDT) lance un […]

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17 Sep

CP now (officially) The Canadian Press

Beginning Wednesday, “The Canadian Press” will be spelled out at the beginning of CP news reports rather than the abbreviated (CP). The retiring of the (CP) logo is part of […]

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17 Sep

Ethical guidelines for editing audio

When editing interviews….The most important rule – NEVER change the meaning of what the interviewee said. It’s okay, even expected, that you will cut out ums, ers, long pauses, and […]

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16 Sep

Next?

Toronto Star public editor Kathy English has a column this weekend in which she reacts to a Star manager’s workshop with Newspapers Next. In part, the workshop discussed how newspapers […]

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14 Sep

October 3, 2007: Reporting Medical Errors

View a multimedia report of the event________________________________________________________ The Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) invites you to join us for an insightful and provocative discussion: Reporting Medical Errors Date: Wednesday, October 3, 2007Presentation: 6:30 […]

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14 Sep

Tangled up in dotted lines

Buyouts and layoffs are a troubling newsroom trend, no doubt. But in an LAObserved.com blog entry from August 13, TJ Sullivan cites SPJ’s position (or lack thereof) in a recent copyright […]

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14 Sep

Reporter known for China coverage dies

David Lancashire, a Canadian journalist who was the first in North America to cover China after the 1949 revolution, has died in Toronto, the Associated Press reports. Lancashire reported from […]

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14 Sep

Nine steps to citizen journalism online

Stephen Franklin, a Knight International Journalism Fellow and International Journalists’ Network contributor, offers advice uniquely targeted towards international readers on how to practice good citizen journalism.

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14 Sep

Covering courts without pictures

QUESTION: What’s the best way for a television news reporter to cover a court case, since cameras aren’t normally allowed in courtrooms and we need pictures to tell stories? Do […]

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