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25 Mar

Dictionary’s newest additions: OMG, LOL, <3

<p>Did you know that the first use of OMG was actually in a letter from 1917? And that in the 60s, LOL meant "little old lady"? The word nerds at the Oxford English Dictionary do.<br /><br />The dictionary's newest edition, out online today, includes pre-teen shorthand OMG (oh my god/gosh/goodness!) LOL and the symbol for heart (<3). The OED's site explains that, in using these words:<br />

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24 Mar

Côte d’Ivoire: les journalistes étrangers dans la mire

Le président sortant de la Côte d’Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, a accusé mardi les journalistes occidentaux de «diffuser volontairement des informations erronées». Il estime que les médias étrangers «diffusent en boucle […]

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24 Mar

Event: Google for journalists

The Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) is hosting an event sponsered by Google Canada to help journalists search the web better. “Google for journalists: Getting the most […]

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24 Mar

Canadians hack NYT paywall

The Canadian trial of the New York Times‘ paywall has some hackers getting creative: according to Mashable, the NYT asked Twitter to remove the @freeNYT account that posted links to […]

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24 Mar

Antony Robart is Global Toronto’s new weekend anchor

Global Toronto has hired Antony Robart for its weekend evening news show, beginning March 26, Broadcaster reports. Robart is a seasoned news reporter for Global (he’s worked there since 2004, […]

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24 Mar

PMO communications spending up 30%; journo access down

The Prime Minister’s Office’s spending on communications has increased by nearly $10 million a year, according to a report by The Hill Times. Harper has become notorious amongst journalists for […]

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24 Mar

CBC reporter won’t have to reveal sources to newspaper

The Yukon Supreme Court will not force a CBC News reporter to reveal her sources, CBC reports. The Yukon News had requested that reporter Nancy Thomson turn over the identities […]

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24 Mar

International conference on media and higher education comes to Toronto

The Worldviews Conference on Media and Higher Education takes place in Toronto from June 16-18. Speakers include: •    Tony Burman, Al Jazeera’s head of strategy in The Americas •    Adrian […]

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24 Mar

Twitchell trial: A new kind of court reporting

In Edmonton, the trial of an accused murderer is attracting a flurry of media attention. Having already live-blogged their way through the gruesome sentencing hearing of convicted killer Russell Williams, […]

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24 Mar

2011 budget: what the media gets

Two media organizations and an investment in digital media are included in the Federal government’s 2011-2012 budget. The CBC gets it’s usual $60 million for Canadian programming, and Canada Media […]

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