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1 Nov

Treat social media like a tip line, not a reporter: ONA conference

Craig Silverman recaps notable moments from online journalism’s top people during the Online News Association conference in Washington D.C. “Welcome to the conference where journalism supposedly doesn’t know it’s supposed […]

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1 Nov

Globe considers changes following manipulation of Fish Lake mining poll

By Andrew McLeod. The Globe and Mail is considering changes to its online polls after people noticed strange voting patterns in a poll on the Prosperity Mine proposal that would […]

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1 Nov

Toronto Star wins Online Journalism Award

The Toronto Star and National Film Board of Canada both won prizes at the Online Journalism Awards in Washington DC. The Toronto Star won best online video journalism, large site […]

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1 Nov

It’s a joke, right?

I remember being warned by an assistant city editor once to never even call a story file by anything I wouldn’t want to see entered into evidence in a libel […]

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1 Nov

Crowd-sourced stories in Washington Post

The Washington Post has begun to report crowd-sourced stories using information collected by Intersect.com, Editor and Publisher reports.

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29 Oct

Le Buzz: Rue Frontenac hebdo

Chaque vendredi, «le Buzz» revient sur les trois textes qui ont attiré le plus votre attention en piochant dans nos tweets et nos articles sur la base de nos statistiques. […]

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29 Oct

Wikileaks: signe du déclin des médias?

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Il y a une semaine, Wikileaks mettait une nouvelle fois l'armée américaine dans l'embarras en publiant une foule de documents secrets prouvant qu'elle a fermé les yeux sur les bavures en Irak. Derrière cette vaste opération, le fondateur du site, Julian Assange, est désormais surnommé le «James Bond du journalisme» et, pour certains, son succès est le signe d'un déclin des médias traditionnels.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b>Du rôle de sous-traitant des faits</b></p>

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29 Oct

Conrad Black to be resentenced: U.S. Appeals Court

A U.S. Appeals Court ruling has sent Conrad Black back to the trial judge to be resentenced, Reuters reports. 

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29 Oct

‘Online polls aren’t scientific’: Globe and Mail editor

A Globe and Mail editor responded to questions about an online poll being manipulated by saying the national newspaper never claimed the results were scientific, Andrew MacLeod reports. Supporters of […]

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29 Oct

Liberté de presse: la France dans le rouge

La rédaction de Mediapart, ainsi qu’un journaliste du magazine Le Point et un autre du quotidien Le Monde ont tous été victimes de cambriolages ce mois-ci. Tous enquêtent sur l’affaire […]

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