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25 May

Style over substance?

The Globe’s rock star guest editors: smart journalism or cheesy publicity stunt? Anne McNeilly weighs in on the special Africa edition of The Globe and Mail. It was hard to […]

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25 May

What the Canwest sale means for journalists

Kelly Toughill examines the sale of Canwest’s newspaper division, the new owner’s track record and what it all means for journalists. The big bold promises packaged in the Canwest newspaper […]

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25 May

Scrum and gone

The incredible shrinking Queen’s Park press gallery is a stark example of what happens when resources run dry. What’s going: informed citizens and democratic accountability. What’s coming: a potential breeding […]

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25 May

Can Ken Whyte save Chatelaine?

Ken Whyte became publisher of Chatelaine last October, and has since shaken up the editorial board and fostered a drastic redesign of the 82-year-old title, out this week. But will […]

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25 May

CAJ workshop: Is there a place for academics in journalism?

“Is there a place for academics in journalism?” is a workshop led by Ingrid Bejerman at the upcoming CAJ conference in Montreal. Qualitative research = qualitative reporting What speaks through […]

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25 May

Twenty percent of textbooks will be digital within four years

According to a recent Xplana study, the number of digital textbooks sold within the United States is on the verge of skyrocketing, going from the current 0.5 percent to almost […]

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23 May

CAJ conference: finding relevancy in troubled times

On May 28 the Canadian Association of Journalists opens its national conference amid trying times. The Winter 2010 issue of Media Magazine – the CAJ’s house journal – contains a […]

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20 May

Tyee seeks donations for in-depth reporting

The Tyee hopes to raise $10,000 over the next three weeks to fund investigative or solutions-based reporting on issues affecting British Columbians. There are types of Tyee reporting fellowships: Investigative […]

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20 May

“Tablets are the new reality”: Magazine Canada’s iPad webinar

The first of three pay-per-view webinars from Magazines Canada featured media consultant Wayne MacPhail on the iPad and a new era of magazine publishing. The seminar, titled Magazines on the […]

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20 May

The Guardian launches Open Platform

UK’s The Guardian is taking the Google approach to digital applications with the launch of its Open Platform feature, which it hopes will complement the paper’s revenue stream. The Guardian, […]

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