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5 Feb

Visual Thinking and the Writing Process presentation from Ryan Coleman

Innovate News Conference speaker Rya Coleman made a version of his presentation on Jan. 30 in Toronto. Watch the presentation here and check out Coleman’s website. Visual Thinking & The […]

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5 Feb

Microsoft researcher gives insight into future of news

UBC Professor Alfred Hermida offers an insightful blog post around a presentation made by Microsoft’s principle researcher Bill Buxton at the Innovate News conference in Toronto on Jan. 30. He […]

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5 Feb

LFP columnist offers worthwhile summary of Innovate News conference

Kate Dubinski, columnist at the London Free Press, offers her take on the Innovate News conference on Jan. 30 in Toronto. It is a great summary and lists key points. […]

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5 Feb

Globe to publish Sunday edition in B.C. during Olympics

The Globe and Mail will publish a Sunday edition in the B.C. market during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the paper has announced. According to a press release announcement, […]

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4 Feb

The bogeyman is made of numbers

Journalists and math don’t get along well. Most journalists are afraid of numbers. Formula-scared high school students flock to journalism school so that they can get as far away from […]

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4 Feb

Facebook sends more people to news sites than Google News

News organization that haven’t yet incorporated Facebook into their news distribution strategy might want to change course, and soon. According to research from Hitwise, Facebook is now the fourth-ranked source of visits to news and media […]

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4 Feb

Information not free in British Columbia: report

The government of British Columbia breaks its own law on meeting freedom of information requests nearly half the time, reports a study (pdf) submitted to a legislature committee reviewing the […]

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4 Feb

Couvrir Haïti

Les médias ont-ils dérapé dans la couverture de la catastrophe qui a secoué Haïti? La question fait l’objet d’un débat soutenu sur la blogosphère et sur les médias sociaux. Les […]

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4 Feb

Un an de lock-out au Journal de Montréal

La Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec soutient que son rôle n’est pas de se prononcer en faveur d’une partie ou d’une autre dans le conflit de travail au Journal […]

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4 Feb

How a top athlete was snubbed while journalists carried the torch

Journalists shouldn’t carry the Olympic torch, writes former Globe and Mail sports columnist William Houston, especially when media personalities like Ben Mulroney and Sandie Rinaldo take spots away from great […]

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