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5 Jan

CanWest bids for Alliance Atlantic

Winnipeg-based CanWest Global Communications Corp. has teamed up with Goldman Sachs & Co. to make a bid for Alliance Atlantis Communications, the Globe and Mail reported today. Can West and […]

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4 Jan

NY Times “public editor” role under review

Tipped off by a New York Observer story earlier this week, Journalism.org investigates the New York Times‘ alleged plans to terminate its ombudsman position. The position — an independent editor […]

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4 Jan

Award for Excellence in Health Care Reporting (Ontario)

DEC. 27 — Wait times, overcrowded ERs, cancer care, the impact the environment has on health, the struggle to care for millions suffering from HIV/AIDS, and nurses’ working conditions are […]

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1 Jan

The end of the CJR Daily

Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism has cut the budget for CJR Daily, a website filled with media criticism from the Columbia Journalism Review. As a result two of its […]

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1 Jan

Columbia rethinks journalism education

Columbia’s school of journalism introduces a new MA program, along with its traditional MS program, three years after Columbia’s president suggested journalism education focused too much on skills and not […]

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31 Dec

Was the BBC right to broadcast interview with murder suspect?

FeatureDid the BBC risk running afoul of Britain’s contempt of court laws when it aired an interview with a suspect in the Suffolk prostitute murders? BBC media correspondent Torin Douglas […]

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31 Dec

Freedom of the press and Stephen Harper’s media policy

FeatureFor Canadians to make informed political decisions, the press must be free to gather and report political news. The Harper government’s restrictions on media access to politicians and news events […]

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31 Dec

Unruly Internet blogs spark rise in libel cases

FeatureThe rapid rise of amateur commentators mounting the soapbox of Internet blogs has led to a small, but growing number of online libel cases. Shannon Proudfoot, CanWest News Service, reports.

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31 Dec

Cameras could come to Ontario courtrooms

NewsTelevision cameras are generally barred from Ontario’s courtrooms, but an August 2006 report recommends partial lifting of the ban. “Our justice system is ready for its close-up,” says Attorney General […]

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31 Dec

No publication ban on Pickton trial

NewsThere will be no sweeping publication ban on the first-degree murder trial of Robert Pickton, even though the accused serial killer could face a second trial at a later date. […]

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