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22 Mar

Paywalls: backwards or forward?

The New York times has finally begun constructing its new Internet paywall, starting in Canada. J-Source asks: will others follow? The move, announced almost a year ago, has been declared […]

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22 Mar

Wikileaks: source ou partenaire

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Le <i>New York Times</i> a remporté le prix Payne d'éthique journalistique (<a href="http://journalism.uoregon.edu/features-1/announcing-the-2011-payne-awards-for-ethics-in-journalism">Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism</a>) pour sa couverture des révélations de Wikileaks en 2010. Le jury a salué le fait que le journal ait traité le porte-parole de Wikileaks, Julian Assange, comme une source plutôt qu'un associé, ait consulté le gouvernement américain avant la publication et expliqué sa démarche au public.</p>

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21 Mar

NNA nominations: Toronto Star leads, followed by Globe and Mail, Montreal Gazette, CP

The nomination shortlists for the The National Newspaper Awards have been announced: The Toronto Star leads all newspapers in Canada with 16 finalists, followed by The Globe and Mail with […]

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21 Mar

EyeWeekly calls out media, Maclean’s for “escort v. hooker” article

In an article for EyeWeekly, Kate Carraway calls out Maclean’s humour columnist Scott Feschuk for an listicle he wrote earlier today titled “Escort v. Hooker: How do they compare?” (The […]

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21 Mar

Transcontinental hires Andrew Osmak as vp, business development

Transcontinental Media has hired Andrew Osmak, most recently Lavalife’s senior vice president of business development, as its vp of business development in the new media and digital solutions group, Masthead […]

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21 Mar

Maisonneuve editor-in-chief moves to Reader’s Digest

Montreal-based magazine Maisonneuve‘s co-founder and editor-in-chief Carmine Starnino has left his position after nine years to join Reader’s Digest as senior editor (in 2009 Maisonneuve publisher and co-founder Derek Webster […]

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21 Mar

Les 7 commandements du reportage scientifique

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i>Par Annie Labrecque et Jean-François Cliche</i></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Crainte. Amour-haine. Indifférence. La relation qu’entretiennent la plupart des journalistes avec la science se vit de bien des manières, mais elle est rarement heureuse. Pour diverses raisons, les médias généralistes parlent peu de science, en parlent plutôt mal et ceux qui s’y brûlent s’arrangent habituellement pour qu’on ne les y reprennent plus.</p>

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21 Mar

Libya releases detained New York Times journos

Six days ago, four New York Times journalists were reported missing. It was later learned that the four were detained by the Libyan government. They were released today under the […]

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21 Mar

Four New York Times journos missing in Libya

Four New York Times correspondents in Libya have failed to check in with the paper since Tuesday morning and are considered missing. CNN notes that NYT editors received secondhand info […]

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21 Mar

British broadcasters get exclusive rights to royal wedding

Prince William and Kate Middleton’s April 29 wedding is expected to attract the largest TV audience in history (one estimate puts it at 35% of the world’s population). The BBC […]

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