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30 Mar

Côte d’Ivoire: journalistes évacués d’Abidjan

Texte modifié post-publication Après des jours d’attente dans l’angoisse, une quinzaine de journalistes ivoiriens basés à Abidjan ont été évacués ce matin avec le concours de l’Organisation des Nations Unies […]

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30 Mar

Conrad Black: Journalism’s narcissism will be its downfall

Speaking at a hotel in New York, former media baron Conrad Black criticized the media — specifically newspapers — for “collective narcissism” that has left the industry vulnerable to the […]

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30 Mar

International media executives to meet at The Summit at Banff

The U.S.-based Paley Center for Media and the Banff World Media Festival have announced The Summit at Banff, an invite-only event for senior executives from international media organizations, Brodcaster Magazine […]

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30 Mar

“A new kind of monster”: Globe crime reporter on Russell Williams

Globe and Mail crime reporter Tim Appleby doesn’t think convicted rapist and murderer Russell Williams is a psychopath. “He is not even close to being one,” he writes in his […]

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29 Mar

A Guardian audit, an “ethics examiner”, a slugger’s coverage and other rewards of an hour with a journal.

Sometimes I wonder why I still subscribe to academic journals in print, but tonight is not such a time. True, sooner or later, every journal’s content will be available in […]

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29 Mar

JdeM: les journalistes ne se bousculent pas au portillon

Mise à jour, le 4 avril: Seuls 23 syndiqués se sont portés volontaires pour obtenir l’un des 42 postes à pourvoir dans la salle de rédaction du Journal de Montréal. […]

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29 Mar

Election 2011: Carleton University launches election blog

Carleton University’s School of Journalism and Communication has relaunched its election blog, Political Perspectives, first introduced for the 2008 federal election. Christopher Waddell, the director of the school, says faculty […]

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29 Mar

Should journalists defend WikiLeaks’ whistleblower?

By now, everyone knows who Julian Assange is. The controversial WikiLeaks founder has made headlines around the world. But what about Bradley Manning, the 23-year-old Army private accused of releasing […]

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29 Mar

Radiohead produces newspaper: The Guardian covers “Creep”

In the tradition of rockstars producing journalism, Radiohead has announced that it will release a “newspaper version” of its latest album. UK paper The Guardian decided to respond by getting […]

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29 Mar

Toronto’s City Hall: are press a security threat?

In a column for The Toronto Star, Royson James writes about a confidential report that may limit press access to city councillors. He writes: “It is with no little concern […]

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