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2 Nov

Tech on trial

As one of the decade’s most horrifying stories unfolded in a Belleville courtroom, newsrooms experimented with new ways of reporting, Rob Washburn writes. Here’s how journalists tackled the story, in […]

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2 Nov

When j-students cover a killer

Two second-year Loyalist College j-students, Trish Allison and Nicole Kleinsteuber, on what they learned from covering the sentencing of admitted rapist and murderer Russell Williams. Lesson one: dealing with guilt. […]

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2 Nov

How to live-report depravity and move on with your life

Live coverage of the Russell Williams’ case had reporters making on-the-fly editorial and ethical decisions while facing a horrific barrage of images and information. Now that the sentencing is over, […]

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2 Nov

One reporter’s trial

A cautionary tale from CBC Radio reporter Dave Seglins on the consequences of a sleepless week covering the sentencing of Russell Williams. Not an hour after I’d wrapped up filing […]

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2 Nov

Satirical rally puts spotlight on media coverage

With Glen Beck and Jon Stewart leading rallies, is the U.S. heading toward personality media? This weekend’s Rally to Restore Sanity left some journalists scratching their heads about how to […]

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1 Nov

Windsor Star columnist faces fire for use of “blackshirt”

Windsor Star columnist Chris Vander Doelen‘s description of union activists as “blackshirts” — a term commonly used to define Mussolini’s and Hitler’s nefarious secret police — has some readers demanding […]

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1 Nov

Prédiction: les journaux seraient morts au Canada en 2020

C’est ce que prévoit le futurologue Ross Dawson dans sa dernière analyse prospective sur l’industrie des médias. Connu pour ses nombreux livres et exposés sur les stratégies d’affaires, il attribue […]

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1 Nov

Who’s reporting on Haiti’s cholera?

That question asks: Who truly cares about the suffering island? And how democratic, really, is the web? Crawford Kilian reports. When cholera hit Haiti late in October, it was just […]

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1 Nov

Ottawa Citizen cuts reporting staff

The Ottawa Citizen said goodbye to several veteran journalists last week including Bert Hill, Jenny Green, Dave Rogers, Bruce Ward and Kate Jaimet. They are among 42 employees who opted […]

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1 Nov

Quirky conservative MP gets real on Twitter

Tony Clement, Canada’s federal minister of industry, may not have the most followers of any Canadian politician, but he is the most quirky, entertaining and interactive elected tweeter in the […]

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