Archive
7 Nov

Memories of the Berlin Wall

Journalists recall covering Germany’s “9/11” — 20 years ago — when the Cold War that had seized the world for some two generations symbolically began to melt. Two decades ago […]

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6 Nov

Congrès FPJQ 09

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5 Nov

Globe takes report off Scribd at Auditor-General’s request

The Globe and Mail Thursday took down a portion of the federal Auditor-General’s report that it had embedded in a news report using the internet social publishing service Scribd, after […]

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5 Nov

RCMP officer files lawsuit against CBC

Const. Kwesi Millington, the RCMP officer who fired a Taser at Robert Dziekanski in Vancouver has filed a libel lawsuit against the CBC, The Canadian Press reports. According to the […]

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5 Nov

Information gatherers vs. holders

A Globe and Mail political blog reports on the newspaper’s spat with Auditor-General Sheila Fraser, over the Globe’s excerpting of a chapter on immigration from her report. “The Globe referred […]

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5 Nov

Wells and Coyne to debate Afghan mission

Maclean’s national editor Andrew Coyne, senior columnist Paul Wells and Canada’s first resident ambassador to Afghanistan Chris Alexander are gathering in Halifax on Nov. 10 for a round table discussion […]

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4 Nov

Petition aimed at freeing Lindhout and Brennan

Nearly three weeks after a petition was begun to urge action in the kidnappings of Amanda Lindhout and Nigel Brennan, there are only 523 signatures. What gives? The online petition […]

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4 Nov

When the killers come

The next time I have a lousy work day, or despair about the state of journalism in Canada, I’m going to re-read this piece about José Rubén Zamora, editor of […]

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4 Nov

Website launched to combat Transcon freelance contract

A group of fourteen Canadian writers’ organizations has teamed up to create a newly launched website called Bad Writing Contracts. The goal of the site is to “raise awareness about […]

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3 Nov

Ryan Sholins advice to journalism students: master one “analog” skill and one “digital” skill

The web is taking over, no doubt, but it’s important to not put all your eggs in that basket and retain and hone some of the core journalistic skills you’re […]

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