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25 Nov

Un journaliste retraité chez les Verts

La politique attire un nouveau journaliste dans ses rangs. Jacques Rivard, ancien journaliste à Radio-Canada, est devenu chef adjoint du Parti vert du Canada, dirigé par Elizabeth May. Le nouveau politicien […]

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24 Nov

Confessions of a news 2.0 junkie

We all know that in an age of social media, news is consumed in many different ways. The days of waiting until the newspaper drops on your front steps to […]

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24 Nov

Tweeting tragedy

It is now widely accepted that the first stories and images to emerge from natural or main made disasters are more likely to come from citizen journalists using social media […]

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24 Nov

News 1.0 meets News 2.0 on YouTube Direct

“Send us your videos!” That’s the plea that now regularly goes out from mainstream media outlets to their online audiences. Everyone is looking for user generated video content. The reasons […]

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24 Nov

Free money, just apply

Of the thousands of broadcast students in Canada, only 44 applied for five RTNDA scholarships, writes George Hoff.  Why some broadcast programs pay little or no attention to lucrative scholarships […]

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24 Nov

When should editors “unpublish” online news reports?

As public editor of the Toronto Star, Kathy English is faced with requests to remove published content from the newspaper’s  website.  What’s fair to readers? What’s fair to those reported […]

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24 Nov

Covering bikers: dont flirt, avoid underlings and never, never touch the bikes

QUESTION: What advice do you have for reporters who cover dangerous figures (bikers, organized crime members) and want to keep their kneecaps right where they are? [Unlike most of our […]

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24 Nov

New media beast tries unproven business model

It’s not citizen journalism, it’s opinion aggregation, say the founders of The Mark, a six-month old news and opinion website. Tim Currie reports on the vision behind the site, how […]

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23 Nov

Journalists slaughtered in the Philippines

Journalists and others around the world have reacted with horror to the latest political slaughter in the Philippines. With the full death toll still uncertain, some 36 people are reported […]

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23 Nov

New Excel feature takes data analysis to new levels

Last week I talked about the imminent arrival of the Office 2010 public beta. Well, it’s out now and some of the best news for journalists is a quite remarkable enhancement […]

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