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16 Mar

Every Cond Nast magazine to launch digital edition in 2011

Rick Levine, an executive for U.S. magazine giant Condé Nast, says that “we like this technology so much” that, by the end of the year, all of its 20+ magazines […]

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16 Mar

New online-only literary journal — only the under-40 crowd need apply

Dragnet magazine is a new quarterly online literary journal that bills itself as “young, beautiful and flexible” — it’s offered in four formats and contributors are all under 40. The […]

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16 Mar

Radio-Canada: Nouvelle patronne pour la Première Chaîne

La direction de Radio-Canada a annoncé ce matin la nomination de Anne Sérode au poste de directrice de la Première Chaîne. Elle est actuellement cheffe des émissions d’Espace Musique. Pur […]

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16 Mar

Three women promoted in CBC management shuffle

In the post-Richard Stursberg era, the CBC has promoted three women in its top management ranks, The Hollywood Reporter reports. Christine Wilson, executive director for CBC network programming, has been […]

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16 Mar

G&M TV columnist on Japan disaster coverage: too deferential and ignorant of nuclear issues

John Doyle says while he’s found TV news coverage of the Japan disaster filled with “confusion, weirdness and fear,” he’s especially critical of how they’ve reported nuclear issues.  The Globe […]

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16 Mar

Women in the field: changing the face of journalism

Ryerson University’s Journalism Research Centre has published the full lineup for its full-day symposium about women in journalism. Various workshops and speakers (including Jan Wong, Anne-Marie Mediwake and Gillian Findlay) […]

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16 Mar

Contest opens for (unpublished) creative non-fiction

Canadian literary and creative non-fiction journal EVENT has opened nominations for its annual non-fiction contest. Writers are invited to submit unpublished manuscripts “exploring the creative non-fiction form.” Winning entries are […]

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15 Mar

Radio France to withdraw reporters from Japan over radiation concerns

Radio France has decided to withdraw reporters that are covering Japan’s earthquake because of concerns over radiation from a series of nuclear accidents, Kyodo reports. The state-run radio station sent […]

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15 Mar

Larry Zolf, former CBC reporter and pundit, has died according to CBC TV.

CBC is reporting  that veteran journalist, Larry Zolf, has died at age 76.Zolf was a reporter, producer, critic and radio and TV host with CBC, writing a political column for […]

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15 Mar

Standing on the shoulders of a giant: George Bain, Canada’s first national affairs columnist

The uncompromising legacy of George Bain, Canada’s first national affairs columnist. This week we feature Iain Alec Bain’s story from the winter issue of The Ryerson Review of Journalism. By […]

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