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10 Apr

Ask the Recruiter

Joe Grimm of the Detroit Free Press answers salient questions about internships, jobs, and journalism recruiting. Questions range from: why are we not getting internships to how to avoid being […]

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10 Apr

Six nominated for Michener Award

The Nunatsiaq News, a small weekly newspaper in Nunavut, is among the finalists for the 2006 Michener Awardfor public-service journalism. The News is nominated for articles about the impact of […]

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9 Apr

Newspaper profitability linked to newsroom spending

Investing in news quality has a stronger positive influence on newspaper profitability thanspending on distribution, circulationor advertising, according toresearchout ofthe University of Missouri-Columbia. Researchers from the journalism and marketing departments […]

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9 Apr

Rogers buys TV channels

Rogers has bought a package of TV properties, including the six A-Channel stations, from CTVglobemedia, Canada.com reports via Canadian Press. The price tag for the purchase is $137.5 million.

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9 Apr

Hannibal Lecter on the front page

courtesy Liam Richards The mainstream media tends to associate the term “psychopath” with explosive, uncontrolled, and highly graphic forms of violence, says a study by a pyschology graduate student at […]

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9 Apr

Reality TV turns eye on student press

A new documentary, titled “The Paper,” which had its first airing April 7 at the Philadelphia Film Festival, takes an in depth look at the student press through the eyes […]

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9 Apr

Tips from a seasoned veteran

Ginny LaRoe, a recent graduate of journalism school in Indianapolis, shares her tips for how to successfully apply for and land journalism jobs or internships. Tips include: get a mentor, […]

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9 Apr

Civics, not censorship

In a scathing editorial, vice president of the American Press Institute Warren Watson blasts a decision to reprimand a student editor who published an article advocating tolerance for gays and […]

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6 Apr

Blogger freed after 226 days in jail

NewsVideo blogger Josh Wolf was freed on April 3, 2007after spending more time behind bars for contempt than any other American journalist in recent history. The 24-year-old, whorefused to comply […]

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6 Apr

Landmark British privacy ruling stands

NewsBritain’s House of Lords has refused to review a landmark ruling that has been criticized for protecting privacy at the expense of free expression — and could restrict how journalists […]

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