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2 Oct

The curmudgeon and the kid: a veteran reporter and a young editor on working effectively

The unusual situation that this reporter and editor were in gave them both pause and their story leaves readers with a number of lessons in professional newsroom relationships. San Diego […]

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2 Oct

Report Card on Canadian News Media

What do Canadians really think about the media? In 2003, a research team interviewed more than 3,000 people to try and answer that question.The Canadian Media Research Consortium, a collaboration […]

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2 Oct

Best Practices: The Art of Leadership in News Organizations

Part of a series of handbooks produced by the Freedom Forum, Best Practices: The Art of Leadership in News Organizations, focuses on the qualities, duties and responsibilities of good management. […]

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2 Oct

Prizes are trophies for rich papers

Miami Herald columnist Edward Wasserman stands behind local reporters at small newspapers in this column about the Pulitzer Prizes. “It’s ironic that a profession that is supposed to care about […]

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2 Oct

The dreadful Byron Calame

Jack Shafer’s scathing review of New York Times public editor Byron Calame’s columns ends with the conclusion that “even a bad public editor can do a little good.” The slate.com […]

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2 Oct

<i>Guelph Mercury</i> puts seminar lesson into action

Annual provincial budget reporting doesn’t generally inspire unconventional coverage styles, but Drew Edwards at the Guelph Mercury decided to try something a little different this year and it worked. Edwards […]

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1 Oct

Columnist says PM will win battle with the media

In the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, veteran columnist Allan Fotheringham weighs in on the simmering battle between Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Canadian media.

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29 Sep

New N.S. evening newspaper to be delivered by kids

Come mid-October, a fleet of young paper carriers will start delivering copies of an evening newspaper to doorsteps across Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley, reports The Globeand Mail. The Valley Today […]

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26 Sep

The Bookshelf

Journalism Journalism – The Democratic Craftby G. Stuart Adam and Roy Peter Clark An anthology and textbook for instructors who want to integrate journalism theory and practice. It begins with […]

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21 Sep

<i>Toronto Sun</i> editor resigns

Editor & Publisher magazine reports on a suspected shakeup looming at the Toronto Sun, possibly signalled by the editor’s resignation. One source warns of a “call centre approach to journalism”across […]

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