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24 Mar

Optimism continues for print journalism despite turbulence

“ While the world economic crisis has devastated many industries, it kneecapped the prosperity of the already faltering field of newspaper journalism seemingly overnight. Whether many major daily newspapers will […]

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24 Mar

Publisher bemoans loss of Alberta weeklies

“Alberta weekly newspapers are going through horrific times these days. Two long-standing weeklies closed their doors for good this month and more newspaper offices could be shuttered before the year […]

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24 Mar

Four Michigan community newspapers hit hard by economic crisis

“The Ann Arbor (Mich.) News will shut down at the end of July and three other Michigan dailies, The Flint Journal, The Saginaw News and The Bay City Times, will […]

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24 Mar

Community takes over newspaper

“When a rural weekly in Colorado folds, volunteers step up to fill the void. ‘It just beat the dickens out of sitting around whining,’ one says.”

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24 Mar

More good news for community newspapers in U.S.

“The National Newspaper Association today revealed that 4th quarter results confirm that local papers in the States are faring better than regional and national news titles. The data put together […]

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23 Mar

Médias : le paradoxe

Même s’ils sont abondamment critiqués, les médias demeurent une source omniprésente envers laquelle le public est, vraisemblablement, très dépendant. Bernard Motulsky de la Chaire de relations publiques et communication marketing […]

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23 Mar

La science cède du terrain

Le journalisme scientifique traînait déjà derrière les autres types d’information, et comme si ce n’était déjà pas assez, il continue de décliner. Aux Etats-Unis, le Boston Globe a mis le verrou sur sa section Science et le magazine Aviation Week […]

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23 Mar

Pollan on the pact with readers

Mother Jones asked Michael Pollan about the transition to being the public face of food activism. His response: You still have to draw lines between being a journalist and an […]

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23 Mar

Lite rock versus local culture

Citizens of Gabriola Island want a community radio station, so they can hear local culture on the air and have the benefit of emergency broadcasting. Rogers Communications wants them to […]

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23 Mar

Rex Murphy on how we get our news

Rex Murphy’s Cross-Country Checkup took a look at how we get our news: http://www.cbc.ca/checkup/archives.html

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