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7 May

The history of the web in under five minutes

This video titled “The Maching is Us/Using Us,” created and uploaded to YouTubeby Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University, summarizes the development of the web […]

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6 May

Are student newspapers a dying breed ?

While university and communitynewspapers are thriving across North America, high school newspapers are going the way of the buffalo in many U.S. States. T.S. Mills-Faraudo investigates the impact of theirdecline […]

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4 May

Just whose rights come first?

by Kendyl SalcitoRight before Rob Westie told me his protest group would go to war against the provincial government in British Columbia, he assured me, “We’re not anarchist.” That was […]

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4 May

NY Times names new public editor

The New York Times has named Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Clark Hoyt as its new public editor, beginning May 14 for a term oftwo years. He will be the third person […]

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4 May

Thomson to take over Reuters?

Canadian media mogul Thomson Corp. has approached Reuters with a takeover bid, reports the Globe & Mail. Sources deny that the move is in response to News Corp.’s recent Dow […]

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4 May

RSS not reliable source of news, study finds

RSS feeds aren’t the best way to getthe latest contentfrom most news outlets, a recent study has found. The study, released by The International Center for Media and the Public […]

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3 May

More reporters tell their LA rally stories

The Los Angeles Times reports that some media outlets are considering taking action against the LAPD after several reporters suffered injuries during a May 1 immigration rally.

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3 May

Libel suits put online free speech at risk

CommentaryA pair of recently filed defamation suits have the potential to reshape free speech on the Internet in Canada, Internet law expert Michael Geist warns in this Ottawa Citizen commentary […]

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3 May

Media lessons from VA Tech

Editor & Publisher’s Steve Outing reviews coverage of the Virginia Tech massacre and makes the following claims: “Traditional media have a hard time reporting outside of their own boxes, and […]

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3 May

FOX reporter shoved by LAPD

A FOX News reporter and videographer were among those that LAPD officers shoved around when they swept into crowds towards the end of May Day immigration marches in Los Angeles. […]

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