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13 Apr

CanCon conundrum

A majority of Canadians say we should stop worrying about imposing Canadian Content rules, according to a new Ipsos Reid poll conducted on behalf of the Canadian Journalism Foundation. The […]

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13 Apr

Andy Barrie wants Canada to step up

Former CBC Metro Morning co-host Andy Barrie on our country’s lacklustre public broadcasting funding and why Canada should stop comparing itself to the United States. By Melissa Wilson Canada’s public […]

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13 Apr

Harper government blocks information

A new report questions whether the notion of transparent government, accountable to and for voters, exists in Canada. Journalists have long found ourselves blocked  by Stephen Harper’s government. Today in […]

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12 Apr

Google CEO offers advice to news editors

Google CEO Eric Schmidt offered praise laced with advice for newspaper editors at Sunday’s American Society of News Editors conference. Namely: things will get better. “You have more readers than […]

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12 Apr

Reporting religion

Seems to me that covering religion is one of the most fraught beats in any news organization. That may be why is so often gets off-loaded to ex-nuns, secularists of […]

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9 Apr

Newspaper integrity: the game (seriously)

Forget the crossword, Sudoko, Tetris — you can now play the newspaper integrity game, voting (or not) as many times as you wish for the newspaper of your choice. At […]

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9 Apr

Dragons, seamonsters and old-school newshounds

Are old-school newshounds mythical creatures? wonders A.O. Scott in a New York Times review of a series on journalism films at Film Forum in New York. The series, suggests Scott, […]

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9 Apr

WikiLeaks: the new journalism?

The whistle-blower web site WikiLeaks — the self-styled “intelligence agency of the people” that’s listed as a security threat by the American Pentagon — increasingly resembles a form of investigative […]

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9 Apr

Hanomansing leaves CBC Vancouver

Veteran CBC journalist Ian Hanomansing hosted his last edition of CBC News: Vancouver last night. He is moving the The National where he’ll be a  regular West Coast contributor, along […]

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9 Apr

Electronic news award winners

The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) has announced the winners of their annual Edward R. Murrow Awards, which honours excellance in electronic journalism. The awards are broken into different […]

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