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3 Jun

Student journalists uncover imposter

The story of a young woman who successfully assumed the identity of a Stanford student despite the fact that she was never enrolled was broken group of student journalists. The […]

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1 Jun

Quebecor, Torstar proud new parents

Quebecor Inc., owner of the Sun chain of newspapers as well as Le Journal in Quebec, has acquired Osprey Media Income Fund in a $517-million deal. Osprey operates 54 newspapers, including the […]

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31 May

Shrinking space for journalism in Russia

The Christian Science Monitor and The New York Times report on the shrinking space for journalism in Russia today. http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0524/p12s01-woeu.html http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/19/world/europe/19press.html?n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fM%2fMedia

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31 May

Recently posted at Canadian Journalist

AP is teaming up with a tech firm in an effort to gain more rights control over its digital content. Will the new technology be affordable for small media? ALSO B.C. newspaper files […]

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31 May

Glossary of web terms

This handy tool at OJR.org offers definitions for jargon used across the Web.

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31 May

Knight grantees in the spotlight

This video records the reactions of 2007’s Knight News Challenge winners.

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31 May

Quand les jeunes médias font lEurope

Emmanuel Lemoine, APÉM L’association European Youth Press regroupe de nombreux réseaux de médias jeunes de toute l’Europe pour les aider à travailler en réseau. Cette année, elle organise pour la […]

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30 May

Google needs to take journalistic responsibility

Neil Henry, a former journalist turned professor and author, argues that Google and its ilk must take on responsibility for the future of journalism, because by sticking to its insistence […]

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30 May

Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues

The Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues offers resources, reports and seminars to rural journalists with the aim of furthering excellence in community-based reporting. It’s based at the University […]

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30 May

The PEJ dispenser

Tim Graham, Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center (MRC), offers a critique of the methodology used by the Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) to analyze TV […]

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