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9 May

Toxic legacy investigation

Toxic Legacy: The Story of Boat Harbour is an investigative project by journalism students at King’s College in Halifax. It describes the history of a pulp mill in Nova Scotia […]

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8 May

These days, journalists have to be brand managers too

Branding, for the journalist, is about marketing yourself as a product so your name is readily identified with a specific type of service or writing style, writes Alison Gorham, in […]

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8 May

CAJ offering reduced conference fees for unemployed journalists

The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) has announced it is offering unemployed journalists a discounted rate for its upcoming conference in Vancouver May 22 to 24. The discounted rate offered […]

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8 May

Two more community newspapers cease publishing

“Like any good journalist, I won’t bury the news – this is the last edition of the Stillwater Courier or Lake Elmo Leader that you will receive.” Two more communities […]

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8 May

2008 Michener Award finalists announced

Six finalists for the 2008 Michener Award for public service journalism have been announced. The finalists are: a joint entry from the CBC and The Canadian Press; Le Courrier de […]

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8 May

The Newspaper Project

This recently launched site is dedicated to looking at the future of newspapers, but there is a notable twist. It is being led by a group of newspaper executives. “The […]

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8 May

The New Yorker considers the Future of Journalism

“That, improbably, was the title of a Senate Commerce Committee hearing, chaired by John Kerry , at which I testified yesterday alongside David Simon , the former Baltimore Sun reporter […]

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7 May

Journalisme en mutation

Marc-François Bernier* En raison de l’explosion des technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC), les frontières traditionnelles et l’identité professionnelle du journalisme se transforment. Les mutations en cours sont […]

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7 May

Online journalists most jailed last year

For the first time ever, the number of online journalists jailed last year exceeded than those working in print, the Committee to Protect Journalists reports. Of 125 journalists in jail worldwide as of Dec. […]

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7 May

Internet “most useful” source for swine flu info

People followed the swine flu story closely last week. Although most “learned something” about the flu from local TV news and, to a lesser extent, cable news, the Internet came out […]

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