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5 Jan

Clothing company suing CBC for recording fashion show

Nygard International, a clothing company started by Canadian Peter J. Nygard, is suing the CBC after a reporter and camera operator entered the company’s New York fashion show and recorded […]

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4 Jan

Langs death raises questions about how media reports from Afghanistan

Hundreds of reporters have briefly embedded with Canadian forces in Afghanistan and, in most cases, returned to their regular beats at home. In light of the death of Calgary health […]

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4 Jan

Can Metro Toronto put out a strong paper without staff writers?

Metro Toronto, the biggest commuter paper in the country, has the smallest number of reporters. None, actually, writes reporter and J-Source Students’ Lounge editor Melissa Wilson in a story for […]

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4 Jan

Want my story? Pay for it

After jumping over seats on a passenger airplane to help subdue a suspected bomber, Dutch documentary filmmaker Jasper Schuringa sold his story to CNN for US$10,000. This payment, wrote The […]

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4 Jan

2009 a treacherous year for journalists

The first thing you notice when reading the grim list of journalists killed around the world in 2009 is the sheer length of it. In 2009, Canadian Journalists for Free […]

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4 Jan

Former CBC Radio VP appointed to Order of Canada

Margaret Lyons, a former vice-president of CBC English Radio has been added as a member of the Order of Canada. Lyons, who helped create CBC programs including As It Happens […]

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4 Jan

Former Canadian Gardening editor to launch mag

Beckie Fox, a former editor of Canadian Gardening, is launching a new gardening magazine called Garden Making, Masthead Online reports. The first issue will be in Spring 2010 and the […]

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4 Jan

Retirement at risk for thousands of journalists

Brian Brennan’s post on his blog about the Southam travesty, “Lump of coal,” is re-posted here with his permission. Here is the Facebook group he set up for former Southam […]

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4 Jan

Why do we do it?

Michelle Lang’s death capped the “deadliest year ever” for media workers, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, with reports of deaths ranging from 68 to 130. At Berkeley campus, […]

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3 Jan

La robotique au service de l’information

Depuis maintenant 7 ans, une équipe de la Northwest University de Washington tente de développer des personnages animés capables de concevoir et produire un bulletin de nouvelles qu’il sera possible […]

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