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1 Jul

Winnipeg Free Press probes dirty restaurants

Check out this story from the Winnipeg Free Press on dirty restaurants. It’s a great example of how far we have come in doing this kind of probing journalism. The […]

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1 Jul

Canadian health care by any other name

A humorous simile from Simpson’s writer Tim Long in the July 1 New York Times  chalks one up for the pro-side of the single payer health care debate in the United States […]

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1 Jul

Webdo

La région des Laurentides compte un nouveau média: Webdo.ca, un portail indépendant dédié à la couverture de l’actualité laurentienne et des régions limitrophes. Ce nouveau journal en ligne s’engage à […]

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30 Jun

Freedom of the press annual rankings: are they worth reporting on?

We’re all familiar with press freedom rankings, like Freedom House’s annual Freedom of the Press Index. But are they valid? This was the question of the day at the Central […]

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30 Jun

The art of the cover

A lot of thought and art goes into a great magazine cover. First, there is the concept or idea you wish to communicate, then the decision on photography or illustration […]

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30 Jun

Now what?

Now what? That’s the question one Scared Journalist asked Salon.com’s Cary Tennis this week. The answer: “Find a story and write about it.” Another commentator figures journalists must not only […]

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30 Jun

New company finds way to make people pay for news online

“Journalism Online, the brainchild of Court TV founder Steven Brill and former Wall Street Journal publisher Gordon Crovitz, has announced its first partnership, marking a step in the direction of […]

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30 Jun

Readers sticking with newspapers as they migrate to web

Editor & Publisher magazine completed a study that found newspapers who are reducing print editions are watching readers migrate to the paper’s website. “Following up on last week’s excellent report […]

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30 Jun

YouTube launches citizen journalism site

While YouTube has accepted various news-style reports and information from contributors, it has created a separate page to highlight reports and to teach people how to become citizen journalists. “Ever […]

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30 Jun

Fund for family of Afghan journalist shot in Kandahar

Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) has organized a campaign to raise money for the family of Javed Yazamy, an Afghan freelance cameraman, reporter and fixer, who was killed in […]

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