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29 Apr

PAB 2010 speakers announced

PAB2010 is in Ottawa June 18-29. Originally called Podcasters Across Borders, the annual conference has evolved into a three-day social/new media event that includes speaking sessions, workshops, panel discussions, concerts, […]

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28 Apr

AP style guide updates web lingo

Last week the Associated Press announced it had updated its style guide to “website” from the now-outdated “Web site”. The interweb has been a-twitter with the news ever since. (Oh, […]

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28 Apr

Global Toronto scoops up former CITY-TV veteran anchor Anne Mroczkowski

Anne Mroczkowski starts anchoring the flagship 6 p.m. newscast with Leslie Roberts starting June 1, after she was fired along with 35 other CITY-TV (Toronto) employees and 25 others in […]

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28 Apr

Why so tame, lefties?

Globe and Mail TV columnist John Doyle’s recent column is about the CBC, Canada’a culture war and why only the conservatives are willing to take chances on television. The topic […]

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28 Apr

CJFE to Publish First Annual Freedom of Expression Report

Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) will publish its first annual report on the state of free expression in Canada on May 3, World Press Freedom Day. This has been […]

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28 Apr

Religion pathfinder

GENERAL RESOURCES 2001 Census data -most recent census data for Religion in Canada -Click on “Search by topic,” the click on “Religions in Canada” and scroll down to “Topic- based […]

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28 Apr

2010 State of the News Media: lecture

Journalists are no longer managing the diet of news consumers, Tom Rosenstiel, director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism, said during Samara’s 2010 State of the News Media lecture. […]

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28 Apr

Minute of Silence

A call for newsrooms around the world to fall silent for a minute on May 3rd to protest the murder of hundreds of journalists is gathering support from organizations concerned […]

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28 Apr

Worldwide journalist death toll soars

Seventeen news media staff died violently this month, bringing the worldwide death toll to 42 journalists in 22 countries since the start of 2010, reports the International News Safety Institute […]

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27 Apr

The ethics of non-profit investigative reporting

A new roundtable ethics report addresses the ethics of nonprofit investigative newsrooms, which have risen (and even gained prestige) in recent years as traditional newsrooms continue to cut their investigative […]

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