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8 Jun

Magnet workshop: Editorial workflow – Meeting deadlines without micromanaging

Any good managing editor will tell you that you can only control 80% of the process of producing a magazine: That gives you enough time to handle the 20% that […]

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8 Jun

Magnet workshop: SEO writing

Ray Litvak is the founder of Writing Web Words, a company that helps local businesses raise their online profile using SEO. He led an SEO writing workshop at Magnet, an […]

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8 Jun

Documents show Harper’s extreme political control

The Canadian Press has obtained almost 1,000 pages of documents that represent the federal government’s “hyper-extreme” political control. Known in government jargon as MEPs – Message Event Proposals – the […]

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7 Jun

Helen Thomas announces retirement after offensive comments

Long-time White House correspondent Helen Thomas has retired after five decades of presidential press coverage following the backlash over offensive comments she made last week were captured in a Youtube […]

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7 Jun

CTV reports online growth

CTV.ca reports more than 138.7 million video views, up 55.5% over last season  – more video viewers than any other Canadian broadcaster, Broadcaster Magazine reports. “Online ratings winners this season […]

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7 Jun

RTNDA announces BC regional award winners

The Association of Electronic Journalists (RTNDA) has announced the winners of its regional British Columbia electronic journalism awards. TELEVISION     Bert Cannings Award – Best Newscast    –   CFJC TV Kamloops […]

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7 Jun

CBC report on news balance

As part of its accountability mandate, CBC periodically analyzes its news content, published in an interim report called The News Balance Report. Findings include: 59% of CBC news anchors/programs are […]

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7 Jun

KRW business journalism award winners

Alberta Oil has won magazine of the year at the Kenneth R. Wilson business journalism awards. Advisor.ca won website of the year. See the full list of winners below, and […]

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7 Jun

Up Here loses inflight distribution deal

Canadian North Airlines have ended its distribution deal with Up Here, a magazine based in Yellowknife that covers the North. The deal represents between 5-7,000 magazines a month, about 16% […]

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7 Jun

National Magazine Award winners

Up Here won magazine of the year at the National Magazine Awards. The Walrus took home the most awards and the inaugural website of the year award went to Dogsincanada.com. […]

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