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15 Oct

À propos des médias citoyens

L’Institut du Nouveau Monde (INM) se lance dans un partenariat avec les plates-formes Parole citoyenne et son pendant anglophone CitizenShift. Michel Venne, directeur de l’Institut du Nouveau-Monde, a œuvré comme […]

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15 Oct

Manifesto for freelancers: The 12 Steps to Recovery

Montreal-based freelance journalist Nicolas Ritoux decided it was time for freelancers to “reflect on our status” and so he created a manifesto, his survival guide for all freelance writers. Called […]

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15 Oct

Cheese Doodles R Us

The New York Times posted a series of essays about reading electronic documents compared to paper. Asked the Times: “Is there a difference in the way the brain takes in […]

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14 Oct

Pigistes anonymes

Véritable manifeste de la pige, le guide «Pigistes Anonymes : les 12 étapes du rétablissement» propose de rompre avec le stéréotype misérabiliste souvent associé à l’état de journaliste indépendant. Par […]

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14 Oct

Canadian Freelance Union bylaws approved by members

The Canadian Freelance Union (CFU) is now fully legal, its president has announced. The CFU’s charter members voted on a series of bylaws and they were overwhelmingly approved (94 per […]

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14 Oct

Maclean’s political blogger moves to CBC

Beginning Oct. 26, Kady O’Malley, a political blogger for Maclean’s magazine, will cover federal politics for CBC News and blog for cbc.ca, the public broadcaster announced. O’Malley has been blogging […]

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14 Oct

2009 Joseph Howe Symposium considers the future of news

The news business is facing life and death challenges. On Saturday, Oct. 17 at the University of King’s College, a powerhouse of journalistic thinkers will consider where it might be […]

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14 Oct

RTNDF offers new scholarship for broadcast journalism students

RTNDF, the foundation arm of The Association of Electronic Journalists, has established a new scholarship for broadcast journalism students. Funded by 660 News in Calgary, the scholarship will be called […]

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14 Oct

Creators need to pay creators

Get a musician friend to compose music for free for your audio slideshow or online video: that was one suggestions from multi-media trainer Robb Montgomery of Visualeditors.com at a recent Wordstock seminar. But […]

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14 Oct

Rogers Media signs content deal with MSN.ca

Content from Rogers media-owned properties will now be available on MSN.ca, the company has announced. According to a press release about the deal, Rogers content from Chatelaine, Flare, Teen Flare, […]

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