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27 Jun

When it comes to a journalist’s Twitter, who owns the account?

University of British Columbia journalism professor Alfred Hermida leads an interesting discussion on his blog, Reportr.net about journalists, Twitter, and ownership. He asks: When it comes to media branded accounts, […]

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27 Jun

Sun columnists discuss: is the media in Canada conservative?

Sun columnist Mark Bonokoski has written a response to an earlier column by his Sun colleague, Warren Kinsella. In his column, Bonokoski takes issue with a statement Kinsella made in […]

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27 Jun

Fired Sportsnet host Damian Goddard files human rights complaint; tweets about it

After more than a month, less than a handful of tweets and not much else, fired Rogers Sportsnet on-air host Damian Goddard broke his silence — first on Twitter, and […]

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27 Jun

Être une femme d’expérience, tu sais c’est pas si facile

<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><i>Rencontre avec <b>Danielle Stanton</b> par <b>Audrey Desrochers</b> – texte paru dans <a href="http://www.ajiq.qc.ca/bulletin-independant/">l'Indépendant</a>, bulletin d'information mensuel de l'AJIQ</i></p>

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27 Jun

RTNDA changes name

After 49 years under the acronym RTNDA, the Association of Electronic Journalists has voted to change its name. Reflecting changes in the industry, the association will no longer be called […]

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27 Jun

RTNDA Award winners announced

The Canadian Association of Electronic Journalists, RTNDA Canada, announced its award winners June 25 in Halifax. The awards honour top news stories and programming in Canadian radio and TV. Regional […]

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27 Jun

CTV News’ Dave MacDonald retires

MacDonald made the announcement on air Friday. His last day is June 30. That day will be marked by a special on-air farewell segment. In a CTV story on MacDonald’s […]

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26 Jun

The Forgotten Hostage

She called herself a journalist; her critics called her a propagandist. She was vilified as a nutcase, a drunk, a fraud, a Taliban-lover, even a traitor. Nevertheless, Beverley Giesbrecht did […]

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24 Jun

Reporting on the Arab Spring

Sonia Verma started worrying when she noticed one of the men at the checkpoint had a walkie-talkie. She and fellow Globe and Mail reporter Patrick Martin had encountered many checkpoints […]

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24 Jun

Conrad Black back to prison

The Globe and Mail (and other media) has reported that Conrad Black is going back to prison, after being out on bond for nearly a year. At his resentencing hearing […]

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