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10 Jun

‘Fox News of the North’ nabs its first host

Parliamentary reporter David Akin has resigned from Canwest to be the first host of Fox News of the North, The Globe and Mail reports. Akin will join Quebecor’s Sun Media […]

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10 Jun

Climate change coverage: what’s a science journalist to do?

An overwhelming majority of peer-reviewed articles say that climate change is real, and manmade, and suggest we need to act now. But, in the name of balanced reporting, the press […]

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10 Jun

AOL to hire “hundreds” of journalists

AOL has announced it will hire “hundreds” of journalists, editors and videographers over the next year as part of a new “content-first” business strategy, AdAge reports. David Eun, president of […]

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10 Jun

Supreme Court Upholds Bail Hearing Publication Bans

The Supreme Court of Canada has denied an appeal by several media organizations that sought to remove a Criminal Code provision making a publication ban on the proceedings of bail […]

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10 Jun

Op-ed: Ottawa’s information lockdown is bad for democracy

A group of journalism organizations have penned a joint editorial about Ottawa’s insidious information control, why it’s bad for democracy and what journalists should do about it. A few weeks […]

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10 Jun

Insider claims former CRTC president knew of corruption

A former Canadian broadcasting insider has claimed he has documents proving that CBC executive VP Richard Stursberg knew about a long-time case of corruption at the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications […]

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9 Jun

Rabble.ca membership drive on now

Independent online boat-rocker Rabble.ca is holdings its annual membership drive to help pay for its progressive brand of journalism. Rabble does not receive government or corporate funding and survives on […]

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9 Jun

52% of bloggers consider themselves journalists: report

A new report by PRWeek/PR Newswire found that more than half of surveyed bloggers consider themselves journalsits. It also found that journalists are facing heavier workloads than ever before thanks […]

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9 Jun

Former Harper spokesperson to take over Quebecor’s Ottawa bureau

Kory Teneycke, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s former communications director, will become head of Quebecor’s Parliment Hill bureau, Canwest reports, adding that he is “effectively overseeing coverage of a government for […]

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9 Jun

Feet off the chesterfield, eh?

Poutine, toques and a whole lot of Canadiana can be found in an upcoming writing contest sponsored by HarperCollins and The Globe and Mail. There are a number of words […]

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