Archive
16 Mar

Write your headlines for an intelligent friend

A useful set of tips for writing better headlines from Sharon Burnside, the Assistant Managing Editor for the Toronto Star.

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16 Mar

Paul McLaughlin’s interviewing tips

A list of useful tips about preparing for and conducting effective interviews for reporters prepared by Paul McLaughlin, one of Canada’s well-known instructors and authors on interviewing for journalists.

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16 Mar

Another math test for journalists

A second math test for journalists by Steve Doig at Arizona State University who admits to being inspired by the test at “Math test for journalists.“

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16 Mar

Teaching numeracy

This site called Statistics Every Writer Should Know provides a simple guide to understanding basic statistics for journalists who might not know math. It’s put together by Robert Niles, a […]

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16 Mar

Press Review for sale

The Press Review, a trade magazine that targets reporters, editors and communication professionals, has suspended publication and is looking for a new owner. After founding publisher Michael Cassidy died in […]

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16 Mar

Radler to pay more than $28M

David Radler,at one time a senior executive in Conrad Black’sHollinger Inc., has agreed to pay US$28.7 millionas part of a settlementwith the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the CBC reports […]

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15 Mar

Online Editors Rate Web News Quality Criteria

George Albert Gladney, journalism professor at University of Wyoming, Ivor Shapiro, associate journalism professor at Ryerson University, and Joseph Castaldo, research assistant at Ryerson, present the results of a survey […]

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14 Mar

U.S. media nearing “pivot point” — PEJ report

“In the last year, the trends reshaping journalism didn’t just quicken, they seemed to be nearing a pivot point,” according to the 2007 edition of the annually anticipated report on […]

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13 Mar

Mansbridge wins RTNDA award

The CBC’s Peter Mansbridge has won the 2007 President’s Award, given by the Radio-Television News Directors’ Association of Canada for distinguished service to the broadcast news industry. The award will […]

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12 Mar

News media look for niches

Every segment oftelevision news in the U.S. lost audiences in 2006, according to the annual report of the Project for Excellence in Journalism. Newspapers, although they did well in their […]

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