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24 Sep

Section 13 and Freedom of Expression

A Sept. 2 decision by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal continues to provoke speculation that the Canadian Human Rights Act, the Canadian Human Rights Commission and provincial human rights bodies […]

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24 Sep

Now’s a great time to be in journalism if you’re 24

Young journalists just out of school are in demand a lot more than previous year’s graduates, said Rem Rieder, who recently spoke at a Canadian Journalism Association event on the […]

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24 Sep

Models Inc.

Print publications are trying to deal with a variety of issues, including lower advertising sales, changing reader habits and a weak economy. But if they adopted a different business model, […]

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24 Sep

globeandmail.com wins an Emmy

The Globe and Mail picked up an award this year at the 30th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards. The Globe‘s online series Talking to the Taliban won in the […]

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23 Sep

Charging ahead: will readers pay for news online?

Media companies have been grappling with the age-old question of whether or not to charge for their online content for years. Some, like The Wall Street Journal and The Financial […]

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23 Sep

Investigative reporting “overinvestment in speculative work,” says Shirky

“Newspapers’ ability to produce accountability journalism is shrinking,” Internet-focused writer and NYU professor Clay Shirky said recently at a talk at Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center. Ethan Zuckerman outlines Shirky’s statements to the audience of […]

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23 Sep

Local TV news faces challenges, too

While most headlines about the future of journalism have focused on how the internet is killing newspapers, local television news has difficulties of its own. Canwest and CTVglobemedia have been […]

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22 Sep

What’s next for news? Shirky, Keen & Ingram to discuss at Ryerson

Globe and Mail communities editor Mathew Ingram, media futurist Clay Shirky and author Andrew Keen are gathering at The Ryerson School of Journalism on Oct. 2 to debate and discuss […]

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22 Sep

Crawley, Williams, Knight join panel at Rotman/CJF program

Phillip Crawley, publisher and CEO of The Globe and Mail; Barbara Williams, executive vice president of content at Canwest Broadcasting; and Douglas Knight, president of St. Joseph Media; will discuss […]

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22 Sep

CJR series tackles questions about future of news

The Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) is looking at the future of news from all angles in a new series called “Press Forward: Dialogues on the Future of News.” In an […]

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