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1 Sep

Hockey blog accuses Toronto Sun of plagiarism

The Toronto Sun has been accused of plagiarizing a Maple Leaf blog’s translation of an article written in Czech. UPDATE: Toronto Sun editor-in-chief James Wallace has written a reply to […]

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1 Sep

Advice for Flare: “be more relevant”

A blogger critiques Flare, Vogue and Elle‘s September issues and suggests that Canada’s fashion authority need a complete overhaul. In a blog entry for “i think you should“, “xobolaji” quotes […]

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31 Aug

Access denied in BC’s open court system

Victoria Times Colonist reporters Louise Dickson, Lindsay Kines and Rob Shaw found case after case where B.C.’s courts routinely and wrongly deny access to information that should be available to […]

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31 Aug

Commission Bastarache: la couverture sur Twitter est-elle utile?

Depuis une semaine, la twittosphère québécoise a les yeux rivés sur les audiences de la Commission Bastarache. Mardi dernier, au premier jour du témoignage de l’ex-ministre de la Justice Marc […]

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31 Aug

Google tips for journalists

Google has offered up some tips and tricks for journalists looking to get the most out of their Googling. These tips were discussed by Google experts at the AAJA conference […]

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31 Aug

How to teach social media in J-school

<p><span style="font-style: italic;">Social media is so new, it's easy to claim you're an expert on the subject. But some journalism professors are finding ways to teach the new medium as part of the curriculum, writes <span style="font-weight: bold;">Alfred Hermida</span>. </span><br />

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31 Aug

Traditional media gets second life

Traditional media are scrambling to create online communities. A report on who’s doing it right—and who’s doing it wrong. This week we feature Rodney Barnes‘ story from the spring issue […]

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31 Aug

How is the Internet changing the way you think?

Every year for the past 13 years, John Brockman, founder of online publication Edge, poses a question to a diverse group of movers and shakers. In an essay for Nieman […]

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31 Aug

Why we don’t cover Pakistan

With 17 million people now homeless – and a looming food crisis – the floods in Pakistan is an important international story. Why isn’t it being treated like one? Claude […]

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31 Aug

Are we headed for an information obesity crisis?

From articles slamming Sarah Palin to celebrity gossip to pieces that confirm what you knew all along – in a world of information obesity, we only consume messages we most […]

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