Archive
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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26 Feb

Astral Media to buy Standard Broadcasting

A deal between Astral Media Inc. and Standard Broadcasting Corp. Ltd. that would create Canada’s largest network of commercial radio stations is imminent, reports the Globe and Mail. Astral would […]

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26 Feb

Chewing the Canadian Bacon

Chewing the Canadian Bacon is a community-based website that aims at providing Canadians with a medium for discussion, debate and the free exchange of ideas and opinions. It specifically caters […]

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21 Feb

The challenge of teaching business journalism

An article by a Mark Anderson, a teacher at Algonquin College in Ottawa, about the special challenges of making young journalism students see the value in learning business journalism. The […]

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21 Feb

CBC’s index of great interviews

The new CBC.ca inludes a page of links to a collection of interviews with great Canadians. The collection includes both radio and television interviews. A terrific resource.

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21 Feb

Loosening lips

Pulitzer-prize winning reporter, Eric Nalder, formerly of the Seattle Times, now with the San Jose Mercury News, has given workshops on interviewing to reporters for years. His tips for doing […]

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21 Feb

Online news terms

A helpful glossary of definitions from the Online Journalism Review about the common jargon used in Web journalism.

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21 Feb

Online storytelling forms

A great list of the variety of ways in which news can be presented online, taking advantage of the unique features of the Internet from Jonathan Dube, the editor of […]

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21 Feb

Interactive narratives

A database full of creative interactive narratives, which the site defines as “informational and storytelling experiences designed and produced for the web.” They leverage great design, visual journalism and rich-media […]

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