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11 Jan

More on covering tragedy

Here’s another good article that perhaps we should all print and keep handy for the next time we find ourselves covering unspeakable tragedy. With thanks to Jane Hawkes of the […]

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11 Jan

UWO grad wins the “Pulitzer Prize of broadcast journalism”

Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism announced the winners of this year’s duPont Award, the equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize in broadcast journalism — and one of them is a […]

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11 Jan

Did the media blow it?

Interesting piece in the New York Times about how the media was quick to blame the shootings in Arizona on politics, the Tea Party, Sarah Palin and ramped-up rhetoric. I’m […]

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11 Jan

FOI: Keep digging

Last year, the number of access to information requests journalists made to government dropped 23 per cent. Maybe it has something to do with the sad fact that Canada ranks […]

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11 Jan

Nominations open for CAJ awards

The application deadline for the annual Canadian Association of Journalists awards is February 10. Deadline for the student awards is February 28. You can check out the past winners here. […]

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10 Jan

Rogers TV cancels seven local news programs

First Local, a weekly newsmagazine show that airs versions (with different hosts) in Barrie, Mississauga, Brantford, York Region, Durham Region, Stratford and Guelph, all in Ontario, has been cancelled. The […]

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10 Jan

Kirstine Stewart named head of CBC English Services

CBC-TV general manager Kirstine Stewart has been named executive vice-president of CBC English Services: she has been interim VP since Richard Stursberg announced his departure last August.  

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10 Jan

Leslie Lorne McLaughlin passes away

Longtime CBC Radio producer Leslie Lorne McLaughlin has died of cancer. He began his career with CBC Northern Service in Whitehorse in 1962, and spent most of his career covering […]

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10 Jan

Newspaper reporter, photojournalist make U.S. “worst jobs” list

In a list of the 200 “best and worst jobs“, newspaper reporter and photojournalist are ranked near the bottom. U.S. company CareerCast compiled a best and worst jobs list using […]

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10 Jan

Metro Morning: Goodnight, Andy. Good morning, Matt.

Andy Barrie was the voice of CBC Radio Toronto for 15 years. He helped take it to the top. Can his successor, the subdued Matt Galloway, keep it there as […]

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