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27 Oct

Good news – yes, good news – for newspapers

Canwest newspapers are making money, the circulation slide may be over and newspaper stocks are outperforming the Toronto Stock Exchange, writes Kelly Toughill. Who knew? Canwest newspapers are making money, […]

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27 Oct

Supreme Court rulings could clarify confidentiality of sources

Canada’s highest court reserved its decision in the second of two cases that could affect journalists’ right to protect their sources. Grant Buckler examines the case here in Freedom of […]

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27 Oct

Supreme Court rulings could clarify the right to protect whistleblowers

Canada’s highest court reserved its decision in the second of two cases that could affect journalists’ right to protect their sources. Grant Buckler examines the cases in Freedom of Expression […]

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27 Oct

10 ideas for change

Online journalism professor Tim Currie attended the 2009 Joseph Howe Symposium on the future of news at the University of King’s College in Halifax and pulled together 10 ideas for […]

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27 Oct

Montreal entrepreneur sues Radio-Canada

Tony Accurso, a Montreal-based construction entrepreneur, is suing Radio-Canada for defamation, CBC News reports. According to the report, Accurso is arguing that a Radio-Canada report produced by journalist Alain Gravel, […]

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27 Oct

Canadian groups launch petition for kidnapped journalist

A group of Canadian organizations has launched a petition asking the federal government to “do everything in its power to bring home Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout and her Australian colleague […]

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26 Oct

Entrepreneurs les journalistes?

Certaines universités américaines souhaitent intégrer une forme plus entrepreneuriale du journalisme dans leur cursus. Des enseignants semblent en effet déterminés à résoudre une question morale : comment former de futurs journalistes […]

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26 Oct

Craig Silverman offers advice on avoiding errors in news writing

In the days and months leading up to the United States presidential election of 1948, all of the pollsters were reporting the same thing: Thomas E. Dewey was a shoe-in […]

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26 Oct

Rogers buys stake in web video company

Rogers Communications Inc. has purchased a minority stake in Vuguru, an American new media firm owned by former chairman of Walt Disney Co. Michael Eisner. According to a report from […]

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25 Oct

Journalism students and their course under legal scrutiny

Prosecutors in Illinois have subpoenaed the notes, email messages and even grades of students involved in an investigative reporting project. For years journalism students at Northwestern University’s Medill School of […]

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