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14 May

Toronto Star interns cover newspaper conference

The Toronto Star’s stable of interns are posting stories about events, sessions and speakers at the 2010 Ink + Beyond newspaper conference.

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14 May

5 things to know before dating a journalist

Have your eye on a journalist? A journalist/blogger at Rockmycar offers five things you should know before you commit to a relationship. Blogger Tom Chambers (yes, he’s single!) offers these […]

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13 May

Is mainstream media ignoring the Kagan issue?

The sexual preference of new U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan has become a political debate that’s lit up the blogosphere, PoynterOnline reports. So why is mainstream media skirting the […]

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13 May

CAJ award nominees announced

The Canadian Association of Journalists has announced the nominees for its annual awards event, which will take place May 29 in Montreal. The nominees, which are listed on the CAJ […]

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13 May

L’actualit wins Quebec mag award

L’actualité has picked up the magazine of the year prize at the Quebec Association of Magazines (AQEM) annual awards event. Journalist of the year went to Noémi Mercier of Québec […]

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13 May

La maudite Québécoise

par Sylviane Lanthier Une dizaine de jeunes dans la trentaine se rencontrent tous les jeudis soirs dans le lounge d’un restaurant du centre-ville de Winnipeg. En majorité journalistes ou agents […]

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12 May

Congratulations to J-Source AE on NMA nom

On behalf of the Canadian Journalism Foundation, I would like to congratulate J-Source Associate Editor Dana Lacey on her National  Magazine Awards co-nomination in the Service: Personal Finance & Business […]

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12 May

Illustrator wins 2010 Doug Wright award

Renown Canadian cartoonist Seth, whose work has appeared on covers of The New Yorker and the upcoming summer issue of The Walrus, has won a 2010 Doug Wright Award for […]

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12 May

CBC culture war?

Tories accuse the CBC of Liberal bias while the Grits blast what they call an anti-CBC “witch hunt”. The Globe and Mail (who published the above cartoon) reports: “Mary Pynenberg, […]

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12 May

It does not beg the question

“Begs the question” is everywhere—newspaper headlines, broadcast reports, magazine pieces—but it’s hardly ever used correctly. Generally, writers intend it to mean “prompts the question” or “raises the question,” when, in […]

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