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23 Sep

And the awards dilemma continues

Elsewhere on Town Hall is this post about Murray Brewster receiving the Ross munro Media Award, given out by the Conference of Defence Associations and Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs […]

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23 Sep

Change coming for Toronto’s Eye Weekly

Eye Weekly‘s new publisher and editor-in-chief Laas Turnbull has plans to “evolve” the Toronto tabloid. Turnbull was interviewed by Masthead Online about his plans for the weekly. He notes that […]

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22 Sep

Tribune de la presse: Quebecor perd sa cause en Cour

La Cour supérieure du Québec a rejeté la requête de Sun Media, une division de Quebecor, et du Journal de Québec qui réclamaient que soit déclarée «nulle et inconstitutionnelle» la […]

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22 Sep

New degree program in Entrepreneurial Journalism

The Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York is introducing a new master of arts degree in entrepreneurial journalism.The New York Times reports that the program […]

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22 Sep

Canadian blogger may face death sentence in Iran

On Tuesday, September 21, 2010, CJFE  and PEN Canada, two prominent Canadian free expression organizations confirmed reports that Canadian Iranian blogger Hossein Derakhshan may face the death sentence. The free […]

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22 Sep

Difficile de rétablir la vérité face à la désinformation

Après avoir été mal informés, même confrontés aux faits réels par la suite, beaucoup de gens ne changent pas d’opinion, selon plusieurs études relatées par le Boston Globe. Pour les […]

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22 Sep

CBC host shakeup

CBC’s announcement of two new suppertime hosts  comes with several other host changes. Anne-Marie Mediwake and Dwight Drummond will co-host the local evening news at CBC Toronto. In addition, Broadcaster […]

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22 Sep

Postmedia announces first recipient of Michelle Lang Fellowship

Postmedia Network Inc. has announced that Laura Stone of Ottawa (a former J-Source Student’s Lounge editor, pictured below) is the first recipient of the Michelle Lang Fellowship in Journalism.Michelle Lang, […]

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22 Sep

David Frum: For Britain’s press maybe being gay is more than enough

A rumour — even a juicy one — won’t usually tempt mainstream media into publishing an unsubstantiated news story. The British press, according to David Frum, is another story, to […]

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22 Sep

A hot and sweaty, down and dirty approach to political column writing

Proving political comment need not be dry, the often hilarious Heather Mallick, in the Toronto Star, imagines how Toronto will feel about “waking up” with a suddenly, incredibly, apparently landslide-bound […]

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