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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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18 Jul

Harper won’t intervene in Black case

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he will not “interfere politically” if former media mogul Conrad Black attempts to return to Canada or regain his Canadian citizenship, the Globe and Mail […]

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18 Jul

mediabistro.com

Mediabistro.com is targeted at everyone in the “content creation” industry. Its mission is to provide opportunities to meet, share resources, become informed of job opportunities and interesting projects and news, […]

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18 Jul

August 1, 2007: “Leads That Lure” Workshop

The first sentence of a news release and query will make the editor either want to read more or throw your release in the garbage. Boring leads are easy to […]

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18 Jul

October 17-19, 2007: Online News Association Conference

We are grateful for the tremendous success that led to a sold out conference. But, we are the Online News Association, and we wouldn’t be who we are if we […]

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17 Jul

What Hilton coverage says about journalism today

The Huffington Post, The Independent, and the Houston Chronicle comment on what all the recent Paris Hilton coverage in mainstream media says about the state of journalism today.http://www.independent.co.uk/commentators/article2723200.ecehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/marvin-kitman/parisite-journalism_b_54415.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/norman-horowitz/journalism-my-ass-2_b_54191.html http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/4919586.html

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17 Jul

Wikipedia’s influence

Johnathan Dee, a novelist and contributing writer for The New York Times magazine, looks at the influence and future of Wikipedia, the hugely popular online encyclopedia that can be added […]

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