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20 Jan

New York Times charges for online access

So the New York Times really did it: after months of speculation, years after its last failed attempt, it announced that it will charge online readers and explained why in […]

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19 Jan

Almost half of Google News readers don’t visit originating news sites

Complaints by media proprietors like Rupert Murdoch that Google News is “stealing” their content has always been countered by the argument that Google and other news aggregators actually direct web traffic back to […]

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19 Jan

Citytv cuts 60 jobs

Rogers-owned Citytv has cut 60 jobs across Canada as part of a major restructuring, The Canadian Press reports. CP reports that Citytv  in Calgary, Vancouver and Edmonton won’t be airing […]

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19 Jan

Facebook tribute group runs afoul of publication ban

A Facebook page started in early January to host tribute to a murdered child flouted a publication ban. A day after the page was mentioned in a Toronto Star report, […]

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19 Jan

Author blames news media for evangelicals’ image problem

In his book Through a Lens Darkly, author David Haskell blames the news media for the image problem facing Canadian evangelicals. However, reviewer John P. Ferré finds there is not […]

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19 Jan

Hitting the ground in Haiti

The world’s news media went into full disaster mode this past week. In the Students’ Lounge, the word to graduating students is: “Always be ready to cover a disaster.’  Meanwhile, […]

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19 Jan

Five things to learn and memorize before leaving j-school

Adam Tinworth recently posted a slideshow to One Man and His Blog: “Five things I have learnt in…3 years, 6 months, 13 days (etc)” It’s five slides of advice that’s […]

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19 Jan

Haiti: the ultimate testing ground for reporters

Port au Prince is where foreign correspondents learn what to do when telephones fail, the lights go out, your car breaks down, your fixer doesn’t show up and your guts […]

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19 Jan

Toronto Star, union reach new agreement on outsourcing

The Toronto Star has reached an agreement with the Southern Ontario Newsmedia Guild regarding the union’s proposed alternatives to outsourcing. The Star will not be outsourcing its pagination and copy […]

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19 Jan

Mainstream media + j-school = BFF?

The New York Times announced recently that it plans to team up with The City University of New York’s Graduate School of Journalism and use the students to cover areas […]

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