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1 Mar

Canada in Afghanistan backgrounder

The National Defence of Canada website explains the role of Canada and the Canadian forces in the UN-sanctioned mission “to help build a stable, democratic and self-sufficient society” in Afghanistan. […]

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1 Mar

Health Canada

Health Canada’s mission statement is to make Canada “among the countries with the healthiest people in the world.” This site focuses on their programs, initiativesand how they work to make […]

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1 Mar

Three’s a crowd for Alberta dailies

Following the launch of Sun Media’s 24 Hours in Calgary and Edmonton earlier this week and anticipating two more dailies to hit these cities in the coming weeks, Media In […]

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1 Mar

Citizen journalism is “b*llsh#t”

Guardian scribe Jemima Kiss reports that online news veteran Vin Crosbie is fed up with citizen journalism, recently writing on a Poynter discussioin group that it “isn’t journalism at all […]

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28 Feb

The politics of covering Pickton

Regan Ray at RRJ.ca examines how the international media have covered the Pickton trial thus far, and how these decisions have been influenced by audience reaction.

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28 Feb

Guidelines and information for freelance writers

The Professional Writers Association of Canada is a nation-wide organization of 600+ members. One of their goals is to “develop and maintain professional standards in editor-writer and client-writer relationships. Their […]

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27 Feb

Diversity in broadcasting

The Canadian Association of Broadcasters created the “Diversity in Broadcasting” website to act as a central information resource, providing key information and links on issues relating to diversity in broadcasting.

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27 Feb

Americans prefer “junk” to “nutritional” news stories

Canadian journalist and blogger Deborah Jones laments the short attention spans of media organizations and their readers. She says the American public would rather read “junk” about the demise of […]

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26 Feb

CanWest takes over New Republic

CanWest has obtained majority control over the U.S.New Republic magazineand plans totransform it from a neo-conservative weekly into a beefier “centre-left”biweekly, the New York Times reports. The redesigned magazine debuts […]

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26 Feb

Todd heads to CTV

Paula Todd, who has become a fixture on TVO, is joining CTV News starting March 1, Broadcaster magazine reports. Todd, whowas host of Person 2 Person at TVO, is to […]

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