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29 Jun

Carleton’s j-school gets a new director

Chris Waddell, who has been the associate director of Carleton University’s School of Journalism and Communication for the last three years, is set to take over as interim director in […]

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29 Jun

10 steps to saving newspapers

From his hospital bed, Mark Glaser, of PBS MediaShift, had time to think about 10 fundamental ways newspapers can change to save themselves.

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29 Jun

Recapturing the place of major metro newspapers

“Proliferating blogs and micro-sites are producing so much local news, hard and soft, that the continuing shrinkage and even death of metro papers will leave no troubling void in metro […]

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29 Jun

How to save newspapers? Get out from behind the desk

“If newspapers are to rise from the obituary page, the people in charge better learn how to sell them as an important advertising vehicle and an irreplaceable voice in their […]

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29 Jun

Twitter and journalism: a synopsis

Karthika Muthukumaraswamy gives a thorough analysis of Twitter’s role in journalism in this article, citing scholars and journalists. Notably, she emphasizes the importance of verification as being a major difference […]

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28 Jun

Local content could save newspapers, survey says

More local content is the key to saving newspapers in the SunMedia chain, according to a study done by Communications Workers of America released on June 25. “Publishers and newspaper […]

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26 Jun

Fired for factual errors: when the punishment doesn’t fit the crime

In a column for the Columbia Journalism Review, Craig Silverman, the self-described “errors guy” of Regret the Error fame, sticks up for fired Telegraph-Journal intern Matt McCann. McCann, a journalism […]

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26 Jun

Globe and Mail contract talks break down

With the current employee contract set to expire early next week, contract talks between the newspaper’s management and the union representing staffers have broken down, the Canadian Press reports. The […]

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26 Jun

Just Beat It, Frank !

Courtoisie de Paulémique

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25 Jun

Teen media usage not so different, study argues

For many in the traditional media business, attracting young readers and viewers is like searching for the Holy Grail, a quest that never quite succeeds as hoped. However, according to How Teens Use Media, a new “myth-debunking” […]

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