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23 Aug

Carrying a torch for ethics

With any other controversial story involving $2 billion in taxpayers’ money, journalists would fall over themselves to cultivate a critical approach, writes Stephen J.A. Ward. Why is it different with […]

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23 Aug

Protection of sources

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23 Aug

Back to school advice for J-students

Start building your audience now. Understand that your journalism career started when you first posted anything to the Web and that j-school is about helping you improve it. So, conduct […]

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20 Aug

Paul Journet nommé courriériste parlementaire à Québec

La Tribune de la presse de Québec accueillera le mois prochain une nouvelle recrue. À même pas 30 ans, Paul Journet y fera son entrée en tant que courriériste parlementaire […]

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20 Aug

The secret to staying on top (of the news)

Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson speaks with the Atlantic Wire about how he stays informed without falling victim to the constant torrent of information. “As a monthly magazine editor, I’m professionally […]

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20 Aug

Why it’s better to be a man

Toronto Star columnist Heather Mallick on why she wishes she was born a man (she’d be a more successful journalist, for one). “I always regretted being born female. True, it […]

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20 Aug

On profiling a serial killer

In a video, The Mark interviewed journalist Stevie Cameron to discuss her new book about Robert Pickton, Canada’s most prolific serial killer. The writing process took eight years, and can […]

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20 Aug

Hello! Canada gets new EIC

Alison Eastwood will take over for Ciara Hunt as Hello! Canada‘s new editor-in-chief, effective August 25. Eastwood is currently deputy editor Hello! Canada, and has worked for the weekly celebrity […]

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20 Aug

Guess which Toronto newspaper….

Not-a-lot-of-skill-testing question: which “local newspaper” does the Toronto Star mean when it reports: “Two and a half hours earlier, Ford was hosting a news conference to explain why it appeared […]

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20 Aug

What a magazine can do that an iPad can’t

Esquire‘s September issue back page lists “Things a magazine can do that an iPad can’t (Because our app will do a lot, but it won’t have cologne strips, either)”. The […]

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