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22 Jan

Fearless Five brave Facebook and Twitter

On Feb. 1, five journalists will reportedly lock themselves up in a French farmhouse for several days with only Twitter and Facebook for outside information, “to test the quality of […]

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22 Jan

Citytv cuts “brutal evisceration,” says Globe’s Doyle

“What fresh hell is this?” asks Globe and Mail television columnist John Doyle in a recent column titled “Cuts to CITY an evisceration of an icon.” In response the the […]

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22 Jan

Horrors vs. taste: CBC producer describes the newsroom debate

Broadcasters and publishers know they can count on at least two responses to portraying graphic images of death and destruction: complaints about disgusting or invasive displays of blood and gore; […]

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21 Jan

Peruvian journalist jailed for defamation

The editor of the Peruvian weekly Nor Oriente has been sentenced to one year in jail and fined 5,000 soles (1,750 US dollars) for defamation. The Committee to Protect Journalists […]

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21 Jan

Study examines how ads impact credibility of news

An editorial study conducted by the Seattle Times looked at how contextual advertising (affinity to content determines ad placement) impacted readers’ perceptions of online news content. It found most readers were comfortable with […]

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21 Jan

Future of media studypalooza

As part of a newly launched study into the future of media, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has posted a lengthy, hyperlinked collection of recent studies and articles on media’s future from a wide […]

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21 Jan

Paul Quarrington dies at 56

Toronto-based writer author, musician and playwright Paul Quarrington has died of lung cancer at age 56. A post on his website explains: “In May 2009, Paul was diagnosed with Stage […]

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20 Jan

J-schooler opposes potential college strike, strikes out

By Matthew Hayles A 20,000-strong Facebook protest led by a Humber College journalism student failed to prevent professors from giving a strike mandate to the Ontario Public Service Employees Union […]

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20 Jan

Application deadline approaching for documentary’s Don Haig award

The Don Haig Award for emerging documentary filmmakers is accepting applications for this year’s award until January 29. The award, from digital television station documentary, provides the winning filmmaker with […]

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20 Jan

Haiti coverage “disaster porn”: British columnist

In a column for British online daily The First Post, Brendan O’Neill writes that in Britain “both the broadsheets and the tabloids have published tawdry disaster porn, designed not to […]

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