Archive
9 Jul

When the fourth estate fumbles

by Andrew Mitrovica “Hear No Evil, Write No Lies” might be the most provocative piece I have written. Why? While Canada is a big country, the nation’s media landscape is […]

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9 Jul

Iran cracks down on critical media

German news site Spiegel.com reports on actions taken by the Iranian government to combat its fear of a creeping media coup. Ham Mihan, a pro-reform newspaper, and the ILNA online news agency were both […]

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9 Jul

Inuit kids go cuckoo for Kaakuluk

Children were clamouring for copies of Kaakuluk — a glossy magazine published in both English and Inuktitut — when a small test run was released in June. Kaakuluk and its sister publication Pivuut […]

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9 Jul

An inside look at HuffPost

Howard Kurtz at the Washington Post examines the “blog that made it big”: “When Arianna Huffington launched her group blog in 2005, skeptics dismissed it as a vanity outlet for […]

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9 Jul

Osprey board OKs Quebecor bid

After Quebecor made a last-minute increase in its offer for Osprey shares, the Osprey board of trustees approved the bid, CanWest News Service reports. The new offer came after a […]

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9 Jul

Lancement du livre “50 ans de journalisme en Afrique”

Jeuneafrique.com Un ouvrage intitulé “50 ans de journalisme en Afrique: les médias africains depuis l’indépendance du Ghana” a été officiellement lancé dimanche soir à Accra, au Ghana, par le Forum […]

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9 Jul

Du message au massage

Le Blogmédias.com Avec “La crise de la représentation”, Daniel Bougnoux ne signe pas un énième traité sur la communication, mais un essai lumineux sur la presse et la crise qu’elle […]

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6 Jul

Ellingsen was offered $2,000 by journalist: Defence

Robert Pickton’s defence has alleged a journalist offered the Crown’s key witness $2,000 to tell her story in the middle of the trial, reports Vancouver 24 Hours. Defence lawyer Richard […]

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6 Jul

Ellingsen met with journalists, jury hears

Vancouver 24 Hours reports the Crown’s key witness said she secretly met with journalists while the Pickton murder trial was in full swing. It happened just weeks before she took […]

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5 Jul

How “citizen stringers” can help you hyper-localize

E&P’s “Stop The Presses” takes a look at creative ways to expand coverage in the face of newspaper editorial and budget cutbacks. Among the suggestions are soliciting applications for “citizen […]

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