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27 Apr

U.S. bill seeks to rescue faltering newspapers

“With many U.S. newspapers struggling to survive, a Democratic senator Tuesday introduced a bill to help them by allowing newspaper companies to restructure as nonprofits with a variety of tax […]

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27 Apr

Smaller communities newspaper stronger during recession

“Are the days of the community newspaper numbered?     National and local experts say no. In fact, they say small-town newspapers seem to stand stronger now.” Reporter Pablo Candia writes […]

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27 Apr

Micro-sites versus local newspapers

“So far, the Center for Future Civic Media is more or less a blog, with links to the Media Lab, which is part of the organization that Chris Csikszentmihalyi calls […]

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27 Apr

Circulation up slightly for many Canadian newspapers

Paid daily circulation increased slightly for many Canadian newspapers during the six months ended March 31, according to the latest report by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Circulation at the Montreal Gazette […]

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27 Apr

La grippe porcine dans les médias

Dans son blogue sur Branchez-Vous, Cécile Gladel constate que la pandémie de grippe porcine sème la panique à travers le monde. Elle propose plusieurs hyperliens qui permettent de relativiser la […]

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27 Apr

The new cost of news

ByWayne MacPhail What does journalism cost? That’s a question that’s being batted around a lot lately as the economic case for and against traditional newsrooms gets made in the press, […]

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27 Apr

The “torturous” struggle to state a fact

ByStephen J. A. Ward Critics have long accused objective reporters of hiding behind facts to avoid taking a stand on crucial issues.   How little these people know about the […]

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26 Apr

Classic documentary photography …classic principles

Among a group of revolutionaries whose work rose to prominence in the late 1960s and ’70s and transformed the nature of documentary photography — a group that includes friends and […]

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25 Apr

Canwest series on newspaper woes

Canwest News Service has launched a series in its chain of newspapers examining the “siege mentality that is gripping the newspaper industry.” The topic is especially challenging in this series […]

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25 Apr

Journalism about goodness

In an investigative piece of journalism into human honesty, the Toronto Star dropped 20 wallets in urban and suburban locations. Most came back. Wow: journalism that affirms humanity’s capability for […]

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