Archive
7 Jul

Quand la télévision unit les peuples

Depuis le 1er juillet 2009, la chaîne Al Jazeera est disponible pour les téléspectateurs américains. Les contenus anglais de la chaîne arabe sont pourtant offerts depuis 2006, mais ils étaient […]

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7 Jul

Les nouveaux médias & les nouveaux usages

Media Trend est un blog destiné à recenser les ressources disponibles, à reprendre les études et à analyser les expériences intéressantes concernant les nouveaux médias, les nouvelles pratiques journalistiques et […]

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7 Jul

Acronyms send journalist OTE (over the edge)

A recent Mediacheck column from The Tyee reminds us that General Grammatical Standards (GGS) require that writers spell out full meaning of acronyms Upon First Usage (UFU) for Non-Clique Readers […]

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7 Jul

It isn’t all bad

Sure, we’re still hearing about layoffs and even Canada’s Globe and Mail came close to being paralyzed by a strike recently, but the news in the media biz isn’t all […]

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7 Jul

Live Global Forum – The Future of Media (webinar)

Journalism, New Technologies and Media Development: The Transformation of News in the Digital Age An interactive, live conversation between scholars and practitioners Join us, Tuesday July 14 (at 4 pm […]

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7 Jul

Le bonheur est de l’autre côté de la frontière

Courtoisie de Paulémique

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6 Jul

Unionized Globe employees ratify new contract

A strike has been averted at The Globe and Mail, as employees voted in favour of accepting the newspaper company’s contract offer. Of the 337 members who voted on July […]

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6 Jul

Reporting on a kidnapping: do journalists get special treatment?

When New York Times reporter David Rohde, Afghan journalist Tahir Ludin and their driver Asadullah Mangal were taken hostage last November, the Times went to great lengths to make sure […]

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6 Jul

Tyee wins an Edward R. Murrow Award

Vancouver-based online publication The Tyee has been honoured with a 2009 National Edward R. Murrow Award. The Tyee, the first Canadian online publication to win a Murrow, won in the […]

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6 Jul

How the media works, and for whom, isnt always reassuring

The Calgary Stampede-Vancouver Humane Society story (June 29-30) is a vivid demonstration of how, and for whom, the Canadian news media works in many cases. What began as a sad […]

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