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30 Nov

Ottawa press gallery in “tatters”

In a recent article for rabble.ca, veteran CBC journalist Ira Basen declares Prime Minister Stephen Harper victorious in taking down the Ottawa press gallery. Since Harper took office last February, […]

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30 Nov

Journos interviewing fake journo

Los Angeles Times columnist Joel Stein begs the question: “Why are journalists interviewing Sacha Baron Cohen’s alter ego as if he were actually real?” Stein says reputable news outlets such […]

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30 Nov

Wartime coverage under fire

In “The Press at War,” written for City Journal, James Q. Wilson weighs in on the role of the press in wartime. He says, “Given press coverage of our efforts […]

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30 Nov

Bringing newspapers back

The Belfast Telegraph put together a group of leading media figures from Google News to BBC to ask them about the future of newspapers. Steve Auckland of Associated Newspapers says, […]

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29 Nov

News anchor remembered as a pioneer

Former CBC-TV news anchorLarry Henderson, who died at 89 in London, Ont., on Monday, is remembered as someone who “embedded thenotion of the anchor in people’s minds.” In a story […]

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28 Nov

News media call Iraq conflict civil war

In his blog, Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post pulls together some of the context around the decision by some major U.S. media outlets to use the term civil war […]

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28 Nov

Knight named head of St. Joseph Media

Douglas Knight, former publisher of the Financial Post and the Toronto Sun, has been appointed president of St. Joseph Media, which publishes such magazines as Toronto Life, Quill & Quire […]

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27 Nov

N.B. blogger acquitted

A judge ruled that New Brunswick blogger Charles LeBlanc was doing nothing wrong when he was arrested outside a Saint John conference centre during a protest last June. LeBlanc, a […]

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27 Nov

Study of election night coverage votes in a winner

The Project for Excellence in Journalism released a study today of coverage by 32 different media outlets on U.S. Mid-term Election Day. The study offers “five lessons” about reporting on […]

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27 Nov

Torstar taps Spec editor for top Kitchener job

Dana Robbins, editor of the Hamilton Spectator, has been appointed publisher of the Record of Waterloo Region and the Guelph Mercury newspapers. He replaces Fred Kuntz, who was recently named […]

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