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14 Dec

Come on in, folks

The Journal Register in Connecticut has opened its community-focused newsroom, a place where that has issued an “invitation to the audience we serve to participate in the newsgathering process and […]

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14 Dec

Dopés au sport, les médias alimenteraient le cynisme

C’est ce que semble conclure la firme Influence Communication de sa revue annuelle de l’actualité et du travail des médias. Publié aujourd’hui, le bilan 2010 du courtier en information révèle […]

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14 Dec

“They were running towards me, throwing rocks and golf balls”: Photojournalism internship winner on covering G20

Earlier this year, 24-year-old freelance photojournalist Adrien Veczan won the Canadian Journalism Foundation’s 2010 Tom Hanson Photojournalism Award. The award is open to Canadian photojournalists that have been in the […]

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14 Dec

Supreme court to hear case on links, defamation

On Tuesday, Dec. 7, the Supreme Court of Canada is scheduled to hear the case of Wayne Crookes et al  vs. Jon Newton. Its ruling in this case may help […]

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14 Dec

“Let’s kill Julian Assange!” WikiLeaks and the power of patriotism

Last week, two prominent US columnists called for the death of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. This knee-jerk patriotism — that loving your country means not embarrassing your government — undermines […]

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14 Dec

News flash: strippers smoke semi-nude!

When he published pictures of workers, dressed in the uniform of their trade, taking time out between shifts, the Torontoist news site’s editor found himself at the centre of a […]

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14 Dec

New broadcast scholarship for Atlantic j-students

The Radio Television News Directors Foundation of Canada and The Atlantic Association of Broadcasters have sponsored a $2,000 scholarship to students from Atlantic Canada pursuing a career in broadcast journalism. […]

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13 Dec

La NASA, les médias, la blogosphère et E.T

Depuis une dizaine de jours, le monde scientifique se déchire autour d’une découverte de la NASA. Le 29 novembre, l’agence spatiale a publié un communiqué annonçant une conférence de presse […]

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13 Dec

CBC TV’s political panel slammed as among most irritating tv

The Globe’s John Doyle apparently counts The National’s “At Issue Panel” with regulars such as journalists Andrew Coyne and Chantel Hebert, as among the “most irritating” people on TV.  “Blah-blah, […]

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12 Dec

What about Manning?

I googled Bradley Manning today for news hits and got 9,120. Did the same thing for Julian Assange and got 901,000. Which makes me wonder why the media is so drawn […]

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