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19 Feb

Canadian Association of Broadcasters shutting down

Local TV operators and and cable companies were unable to find common ground and as a result The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) is shutting down, The Globe and Mail […]

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18 Feb

Social media now a key info source for journalists

Social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook are commonly used by journalists as sources of information, according to a survey by Cision and George Washington University. More than half […]

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18 Feb

Reports of Lightfoot death greatly exaggerated

Thank god — Gordon Lightfoot’s still alive. Was at work; the boss came out, told me he’d read on the Internet Lightfoot had died. So I went to Twitter — […]

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18 Feb

Worst games ever?

When British newspaper The Guardian published a column calling the Olympics in Vancouver “the worst Games ever,” the Canadian media certainly responded. Here are just a few examples. “The worst […]

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18 Feb

Neda video wins George Polk award

The “anonymous individuals responsible for recording the shooting death of 26-year-old Neda Agha-Soltan at a June protest in Tehran, Iran have been awarded the 2009 George Polk Award for videography. […]

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18 Feb

A day at the Olympic press centre: a bar, free massages and 24/7 McDonalds

Tyee reporter Geoff Dembicki scored himself an temporary day pass for the Main Press Centre (MPC) for the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver. The MPC is where accredited journalists work, […]

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18 Feb

‘A huge sea change’ in libel law

CBC journalist Harvey Cashore called December 22 “the most important day in the history of media law” at a Toronto event debating the Supreme Court decision that created a new […]

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18 Feb

Canulars : quand les médias se font berner

Collaboration spéciale Marie-Noël Gagné & Jean-Philippe Théberge Étudiants à l’Université Laval Ces mauvaises blagues qui prennent d’assaut les médias depuis toujours peuvent aussi bien condamner leur auteur que lui assurer […]

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18 Feb

Ces mystérieuses données de diffusion

Les entreprises de presse ont le don d’interpréter les données de diffusion de la manière la plus favorable : au Québec, chacun trouve matière à se féliciter des résultats des […]

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17 Feb

By the numbers: who’s on the ground in Vancouver?

The city of Vancouver is flooded with journalists during the Games. J-Source checked out how many bodies Canadian news outlets have sent to the Games. The 2010 Winter Olympics and […]

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