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5 Oct

Journalism teachers are failing their students

<p><span style="font-style: italic;"><img align="left" alt="Wayne MacPhail" border="0" hspace="5" src="http://www.journalismproject.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/images/content_images/Wayne_MacPhail.jpg" style="width: 131px; height: 106px;" title="Wayne MacPhail" />The students </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Wayne MacPhail </span><span style="font-style: italic;">sees know practically nothing about the online world or emerging media; their journalistic training reaches only a tentative few feet beyond the same traditional media it always has.

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5 Oct

Who must worry about journalistic ethics? Nobody (if they don’t want to): David Frum

Outsourcing quality control, optional media ethics, and personal journalistic networks are some of the trends David Frum saw when he surveyed the North American media landscape. He presented his findings […]

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5 Oct

Design buzz

Depending on how you look at it, the new Globe and Mail is smaller and crinklier, or leaner, sleeker and better dressed. On the eve of the re-launch, editor John […]

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5 Oct

Crise d’Octobre: les journalistes se souviennent

«La crise d’Octobre, pour nous, c’est l’équivalent de l’assassinant de John F. Kennedy pour les Américains», soulignent plusieurs artisans de Radio-Canada dans le cadre de l’édition spéciale de l’émission Tout […]

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4 Oct

Bazzo Bazzo célèbre les 50 ans de Châtelaine

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i>Châtelaine</i> célèbre cette semaine son cinquantième anniversaire. Pour marquer le coup, la doyenne des publications féminines québécoises lance un numéro commémoratif et un site web, <a href="http://www.femmesdeparole.com/">femmedeparole.com</a>, qui présentera des entrevues avec 50 femmes qui ont marqué et marquent encore l'histoire du Québec.</p>

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4 Oct

Job ad tries to be hip, fails

Think new media is selling real journalism down the river? Then prepare to feel vindicated for — at least the length of time it takes to read this article. Houston […]

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4 Oct

Un journaliste piégé par un fixeur… en banlieue française

Le dernier numéro de l’hebdomadaire français Le Point présente une double page sur la polygamie dans les banlieues. Il raconte l’histoire d’une épouse d’un homme polygame rencontrée grâce à un […]

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4 Oct

Winners announced for Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation awards

The Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation awards excellence in agricultural journalism. The 2010 winners include: Television news reporting: Gold: Natalie Osborne Biosensor Bacteria Silver: Carol Moore Honeybees – What’s happened? Bronze: […]

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1 Oct

Guide for Western journalists covering Islam

Do you know what Jihad means? The difference between “Muslim” and “Arab”? Michigan State University’s School of Journalism has published a manual of best practices for journalists reporting on Islam. […]

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1 Oct

Algonquin College launches Canada’s first community-funded news site

Algonquin College has launched Gojournalism.ca, a community-funded journalism site. The site, which is modelled after California’s successful Spot.us, is the product of an open-source research project funded by Algonquin. A […]

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