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17 Feb

Anna Porter wins $25,000 prize for political writing

The Writers’ Trust of Canada has awareded Anna Porter the $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for her non-fiction book The Ghosts of Europe: Journeys Through Central Europe’s Troubled […]

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17 Feb

John Hinnen wins RTNDA Canada President’s Award

The Association of Electronic Journalists has named John Hinnen, vp and general manager of 680 News and vp of radio news broadcasting for Rogers, the winner of its 2011 RTNDA […]

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16 Feb

4,4 millions $ pour les médias communautaires

Québec consacre un peu plus de 4,4 millions de dollars aux médias communautaires pour l’année 2010-2011 dans le cadre de son programme d’aide récurant à ces organismes. De cette somme […]

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16 Feb

New Globe freelance policy includes Toronto Life, Chatelaine as competitors

Globe and Mail staff may no longer freelance for Toronto Life or Chatelaine because the magazines are now considered competitors, TheStoryBoard.ca reports, adding “What’s more, the same policy applies to […]

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16 Feb

The vaccine-autism controversy: An investigative journalist on dismantling a scam

UK investigative journalist Brian Deer deconstructed the process of debunking a controversial medical journal paper that — more than a decade later — is still causing harm. Deer was in […]

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16 Feb

5 principles for teaching journalism ethics in the digital age

Our global media ecology is a chaotic landscape evolving at a furious pace. Professional journalists share the journalistic sphere with tweeters, bloggers, citizen journalists and social media users around the […]

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15 Feb

Les hebdos se jouent-ils de la crise?

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Alors que les quotidiens payants imposent d'importantes concessions à leurs employés syndiqués, du côté des hebdomadaires gratuits, les investissements pleuvent. Transcontinental et Quebecor, qui détiennent ensemble plus de 65% du marché, se livrent en effet une guerre ouverte depuis l'été 2009 pour accroître leur présence.</p>

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15 Feb

London news is falling down

Local TV news is losing airtime to out-of-town executives who decide which stations stay and which go. How far will it go? One station in London, Ontario has lost $98 […]

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15 Feb

Opinion roundup: Murdoch’s The Daily

Now that the initial hype from The Daily‘s launch last week has begun to die down, J-Source rounds up opinions, criticisms and first impressions from across the web. The Nieman […]

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15 Feb

In your face: The ethics of opinion journalism

Journalists who add their own fierce opinions to political discourse have every right to do so, writes Stephen J.A. Ward, but it’s “deliberative” commentators who serve a democracy best. In […]

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