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19 May

How Google search gave rise to content farms: new story in Maisonneuve

What does the all-powerful Google search, and it algorithm, have in common with online content farms and machine-driven content? And what could it all mean for journalism and journalists? Read […]

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18 May

Journalism as a war crime

Found an interesting article in The Atlantic by a Nairobi-based journalist about the case of radio journalist Joshua arap Sang, who has been accused of using his craft to incite […]

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18 May

“We need to know, and see, how Ashley Smith died”: Globe editorial

On May 24,coroner Bonnie Porter will hold a full hearing into what kind of access, if any, the press can have to the exhibits shown at the Ashley Smith inquest. […]

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18 May

Dorothy Parvaz freed

In the wee hours of the morning, Al Jazeera English sent out this tweet: “DOROTHY IS FREE. Al Jazeera’s Dorothy Parvaz has been released and is safe and well in […]

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17 May

Capturing Canada vote: CBC’s election night coverage

Director Steve Pennie captures CBC’s election coverage step-by-step, from the drop of the writ till the lights go out election night. Ah, election night in Canada—the closest thing that CBC […]

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17 May

Sports Journalism and the double X factor

Charlotte was bustling around the green room at the Hockey Night in Canada studio when it happened. As a program assistant at HNIC, it was part of her job to […]

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17 May

The little lies that photos can tell

For all the fuss over presidential re-dos and digital fakery, Anne McNeilly writes that the tougher questions around truth in photojournalism are sometimes also the subtlest. When U.S. President Barack […]

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17 May

The Hampson Interview

In the latest issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism, now on sale, Dominique Lamberton profiles Sarah Hampson. Hampson has made a living writing about the lives of others — […]

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17 May

Idée – La formation des journalistes rwandais à la croisée des chemins

Par Alice Musabende Le projet Rwanda Initiative de l’université Carleton célèbre son cinquième anniversaire. Fondé par l’ancien journaliste du Toronto Star et professeur de journalisme, Allan Thompson, ce projet a […]

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17 May

Media congloms: different hamsters, same wheel

A report that the Edmonton Journal is losing five newsroom staffers reveals owners may change, but the story remains the same. Despite a promise of no job cuts, Postmedia opened […]

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