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5 Oct

Why Harper Won’t Touch the Human Rights Commissions

Despite widespread calls for changes in Section 13 of the federal Human Rights Act, Prime Minister Harper is doing nothing about it. Why? Because the Conservatives don’t want to do […]

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5 Oct

What’s next for news? Videos, live blog and more

On Friday, Oct. 2. Ryerson’s School of Journalism and the Ryerson Journalism Alumni Association (RJAA), in association with J-Source, presented “What’s Next for News? A Conversation About the Future of […]

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4 Oct

What’s really under the sheets?

Investigative journalism aims to hold powerful institutions to account, and it does so with a method that is methodologically sound and free of bias. But it also has to tackle […]

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3 Oct

What journalism students can learn from Twitter

Every social media pundit is talking about what social media apps like Twitter are doing to the journalism industry as a whole, but there are some important lessons that Twitter […]

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3 Oct

The Globe’s 50 years in China

“Fifty years ago, The Globe and Mail became the first Western newspaper to open a bureau in what was then known as Red China. Beijing correspondent Mark MacKinnon reflects on […]

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2 Oct

Are war journalists hard-wired differently than other journalists?

So asks a professor of psychiatry and internationally-respected author who studies the effects of conflict reporting on journalists.The University of Toronto’s Dr. Anthony Feinstein will present this year’s Dr. Julius […]

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2 Oct

iTunes for magazine industry

The new Apple tablet promises to bring a revolution to the magazine industry in a manner similar to the iPod’s impact on music. “Traditional publishers — concerned that Apple’s anticipated […]

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2 Oct

Globe reports Post CEO has backers for Canwest paper purchase, Canwest denies

Globe and Mail reporter Andrew Willis cites anonymous sources “close to the restructuring” in a news story stating that National Post CEO Paul Godfrey has lined up financial backers for […]

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2 Oct

CTV Brandon shutting down

Tonight’s evening news broadcast will be the last from CKX-TV Brandon, as CTV announced it will shut down the station after a buyer backed out of a deal to purchase […]

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2 Oct

CBC and National Post to share content

The National Post and CBC.ca have announced a content-sharing agreement that is effectively immediately. According to a joint press release, CBC.ca will “run daily financial stories and podcasts from the […]

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