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11 Mar

Local television news responds to hyperlocal trend

Toronto News 24 is a new local internet video news site making its own mark in the growing and competitive world of hyperlocal news in the GTA. Jerrold Litwineko, of […]

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10 Mar

Goldman Sachs asks court to stop Shaw-Canwest deal

Wall Street investment firm Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is set to appeal an Ontario Court decision that approved the sale of Canwest Global Communications Corp.’s television assets to Shaw Communications […]

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10 Mar

Hyman Solomon Award winner announced

Bernard Derome, former host of Radio Canada’s Le Téléjournal, is this year’s winner of the Hyman Solomon Award for Excellence in Public Policy Journalism, the Public Policy Forum (PPF) has […]

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10 Mar

CBC News announces management changes

Five people in upper management positions at CBC News have new job descriptions and job titles, as the public broadcaster makes organizational changes. According to a CBC News report, the […]

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9 Mar

TV reporters must be jacks of all trades: Kurtz

Reporters who once arrived on the scene with a full camera crew are often expected to shoot and edit video themselves nowadays. Washington Post media columnist Howard Kurtz examines this […]

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9 Mar

Trial by media?

“Can colonel get a fair trial?” asks the Law Times. Intense media coverage of the arrest of Russell Williams – including reports of a confession that may or may not […]

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8 Mar

Nouvel honneur pour Lise Bissonnette

La bien connue Lise Bissonnette sera honorée en juin du Prix Couronnement de carrière de la Fondation pour le journalisme canadien. Ce titre lui sera remis le 10 juin 2010 […]

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8 Mar

Make employers take notice

When discussing young Canadian journalists, many tend to fall into the trap of referring to name brand j-schools (J-Source is often at fault too), but the reality is that there […]

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8 Mar

Journalism in Afghanistan: Getting better but still a long way to go

Journalism in Afghanistan is young, fragile and subject to interference, threats and violence from government and insurgents. It could use some support from the international journalism community, writes Afghan-Canadian journalist […]

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8 Mar

Skill sets for a new paradigm

Entering into the new world of hyperlocal news may require the addition of skills to enable a successful project. Here is a great resource with a multitude of links to […]

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