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14 Apr

Putting people first

A good summary of new technologies that will include cell phone video cameras that can live stream material gathered by citizen journalists

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14 Apr

Journalists using new media

This is a great summary blog with a number of good links to resources and articles that are useful to both professionals and educators about social media.

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14 Apr

Ontario reverses block on access to court files

ByDean Jobb “The administration of justice thrives on exposure to light – and withers under a cloud of secrecy,” Justice Morris Fish of the Supreme Court of Canada wrote in […]

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14 Apr

The true cost of free news (its more than you think)

ByKirk LaPointeThe new Holy Grail is the online business model to sustain high-quality journalism. Everyone has an opinion on how to find it, and there are many questions inherent in […]

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13 Apr

CanWest woes

CanWest Global closed the day’s trading on the TSX Monday at a record low of 25 cents following a slew of critical assessments of its financial crisis. Reported Editor and […]

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13 Apr

Breaking down the feature writing process

The Bigger Picture: Elements of Feature Writing.Ivor Shapiro, ed. Emond Montgomery, 2008. ByMarc Edge Reporters who go into teaching as a second career can sometimes find themselves at a loss […]

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13 Apr

Derek Weiler dead at 40

Derek Weiler, literary critic and editor-in-chief of Canadian book industry magazine Quill & Quire, has died at age 40. Quill & Quire reported his death on its web site, and […]

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13 Apr

FP mag rips out article before distribution

Financial Post Magazine readers opened the latest issue to find page 16 missing from the publication. According to a Toronto Star report, a story titled “Bang for the buck. Dominic […]

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13 Apr

Fishing for new models

“We don’t make any money and we’re not designed to make money,” the Tyee’s David Beers said in this 2008 interview with the Chicago Reader. That business philosophy didn’t stop […]

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12 Apr

In-depth look at Google’s role in news industry

“There is so much misunderstanding flying around about the economics of content on the web and the role of Google in the web’s content economy that it’s making my head […]

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