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26 Jul

Quebec journalists protest hospital expulsion

Quebec’s federation of journalists protests the expulsion of a journalist from a Laval hospital:         QUEBEC, le 26 juillet /CNW Telbec/ – La Fédération professionnelle desjournalistes du Québec (FPJQ) […]

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24 Jul

Reporter stitches up mouth to protest imprisonment

(AP) An Azerbaijani journalist has gone on a hunger strike to protest his prison sentence and stitched up his mouth to strengthen his demand, according to a media freedom activist […]

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23 Jul

Journalism training database

Searchable database of training courses, workshops, seminars, etc. being offered to journalists. The site is managed by the Society of Professional Journalists for the Council of National Journalism Organizations.

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23 Jul

Chinese reporter arrested for fake story

(AP) Chinese police have arrested a journalist accused of faking an investigative report on buns stuffed with shredded cardboard that made headlines around the world and Beijing Television apologized for […]

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19 Jul

Black granted bail

Conrad Black will not have to go to jail pending his sentencing in November, but he will have restrictions on where he can travel, CBC reports. The judge in Black’s […]

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19 Jul

September 29, 2007: Wordstock 2007

This annual workshop event will be held on Saturday, September 29, at Ryerson University in Toronto. The focus of this year’s Wordstock will be the transition of journalism from print to online and […]

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18 Jul

Free Press loses another publisher

Andrew Ritchie has suddenly left his job as publisher of the Winnipeg Free Press, CBC reports. Staff were told he was leaving to pursue other interests, but a journalism professor sees the […]

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18 Jul

Journalism at sea on a “ship of fools”

This piece is worth reading, partly for a summer laugh and partly because it’s one British writer’s wry take on a large and influential chunk of the American media audience. […]

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18 Jul

CanWest executive retires

A senior CanWest executive is retiring. The Asper family will consolidate more of its control over the media monolith as Leonard Asper takes over the responsibilities of outgoing Peter Viner. […]

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18 Jul

Young readers also active citizens

A study entitled “Reading Between the Lines: Debunking Common Myths about Young Newspaper Readers” finds that young Canadians who are frequent readers of newspapers are also more likely to vote in […]

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