Archive
7 Oct

Anna Politkovskaïa: 4 ans plus tard

Il y a quatre ans exactement, jour de l’anniversaire de Vladimir Poutine, Anna Politkovskaïa était assassinée dans le hall de son immeuble à Moscou. Une des rares journalistes à critiquer […]

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7 Oct

Supreme Court to release decision on PM access

The Supreme Court of Canada is expected to release its decision later today on whether the public should see the prime minister’s daily schedule. Federal information commissioner lawyers plan to […]

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7 Oct

Watch World Editors Forum live online

The World Editors Forum, a three-day event of round tables, sessions and panels currently taking place in Hamburg, Germany, is being streamed live. Speakers include: -Paul Steiger, editor-in-chief and founder, […]

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6 Oct

Canada must free scientists to talk to journalists

Strict controls on what federal researchers can reveal about their work is a disservice to science and the public, and the Canadian government’s information policies are muzzling government scientists in […]

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6 Oct

Sun TV News: Quebecor bat en retraite

Quebecor demandera finalement au Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes (CRTC) d’oublier sa demande de permis spécial pour sa nouvelle chaîne d’information en continu, Sun TV News. Le […]

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6 Oct

Trouble at the Tribune: million-dollar bonuses amid 4,200 layoffs

The Chicago Tribune‘s ambitious new leaders have failed to bring the paper back from bankruptcy, the New York Times reports. After billionaire Sam Zell became the Tribune Company’s controlling shareholder, […]

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6 Oct

Howard Kurtz leaves Washington Post, joins website

Washington Post veteran Howard Kurtz, who the New York Times describes as the embodiment of “insider Washington media reporting”, is leaving the paper to join news site The Daily Beast. […]

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6 Oct

New resource centre for journalists covering science

<p><a href="http://www.sciencemediacentre.ca/smc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Science Media Centre </a>(SMC) is a new resource that aims to help scientists and writers connect. It is an independent, not-for-profit organization that wants to help general assignment reporters access the experts and evidence-based research they need to cover science in the news (i.e. the new marine census).<br /><br />The SMC <a href="http://www.sciencemediacentre.ca/smc/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=77&Itemid=76&lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">site </a>says:<br />

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6 Oct

CBC News Balance study: Canadians believe quality of journalism in decline

CBC has released its most comprehensive analysis of news content, The News Balance Report. The CBC’s Jennifer McGuire writes: “So what have we learned? First and foremost, that Canadians are […]

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6 Oct

Marissa Nelson on Googlebots, Twitter and CoverItLive

I attended a great workshop at Wordstock on Oct 2. It was Writing on Different Platforms, led by Marissa Nelson. Marissa is someone to keep tabs on. Here’s why. The […]

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