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3 Jun

Mellissa Fung and Post-traumatic Growth

Nearly three years after she made headlines as a Taliban kidnap victim in Afghanistan, Mellissa Fung is tired of talking about her 28-day nightmare and anxious to get back to […]

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2 Jun

Peru’s Nobel laureate blasts respected newspaper

On the eve of a stormy runoff presidential election between leftist Ollanta Humala and rightist Keiko Fujimori, Peru’s Nobel laureate has angrily withdrawn his weekly column from the prestigious national […]

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2 Jun

When religious broadcasting crosses the line

When it comes to religion-based broadcasts, it’s not uncommon for people to make bold — but tenuous — statements on air. But when it comes to religious opinions, how far […]

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2 Jun

PWAC announced editor of year award finalists

The Professional Writers Association of Canada has announced the finalists for this year’s editor of the year award. They are: Rebecca Caldwell (acting managing editor, Cottage Life) Graham F. Scott […]

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2 Jun

Intégration à Radio-Canada: le choc des cultures (2e partie)

<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;">Il y a un an, Radio-Canada réalisait l'intégration en regroupant ses journalistes de la radio et de la télévision dans une même salle des nouvelles. Journaliste à la Première chaîne, Chantal Francœur, a elle-même vécu le processus comme un choc et a décidé d'y consacrer ses recherches doctorales à l'Université Concordia. Elle rapporte à <i>ProjetJ.ca</i> les grandes lignes de sa plongée ethnographique au cœur des services de l’information du réseau public.</p>

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1 Jun

Christie Blatchford leaves the Globe, becomes new national columnist for Postmedia

Christie Blatchford is leaving The Globe and Mail to become the new national columnist for Postmedia News. Starting June 13, she will file stories for publication across the Postmedia chain […]

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1 Jun

Story Board debuts Canadian magazine freelancers survey

What do freelancers have to say about the best story of the year? The best editors? Publications? Online site Story Board (an initiative of the Canadian Media Guild and the […]

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1 Jun

251 dead journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists is reporting 251 journalists have been killed in the past decade. The report comes within hours of Pakistani reporter Saleem Shahzad’s murder after he reported […]

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1 Jun

Committee to Protect Journalists releases 2011 Impunity Index

Around the world, people are still getting away with murder. Indeed, among the three worst-ranking countries for anti-press violence, all showed no improvement, and some even worsened, according to the […]

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1 Jun

Intégration à Radio-Canada: le choc des cultures (1ère partie)

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Il y a un an, Radio-Canada réalisait l'intégration en regroupant ses journalistes de la radio et de la télévision dans une même salle des nouvelles. Journaliste à la Première chaîne, Chantal Francœur a elle-même vécu le processus comme un choc et a décidé d'y consacrer ses recherches doctorales à l'Université Concordia. Nous publions ici deux courts extraits de sa thèse.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">**</p>

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