Archive
5 Feb

Retired CBC broadcaster dies

After a battle with cancer, longtime host of CBC Radio news programs World Report and The World at Six, Russ Germain, died on Feb. 2, the CBC reports. Germain joined […]

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5 Feb

Why foundation ownership is a bad idea

Can’t get enough about how to fund newspapers in the 21st century? The latest to weigh in is Jack Shafer on Slate.com. His verdict: It’s a bad idea to divorce […]

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5 Feb

Online video stats: Is anyone actually working?

We know online video is popular, but the latest US numbers were startling nevertheless: US Internet users viewed 14.3 billion (yup, with a “b”) in December alone–averaging 96 (!) videos […]

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5 Feb

NY Times: Pay wall under (re)consideration?

Less than two years after pulling down the pay wall, NY Times executive editor Bill Keller has hinted that a consumer-pays model may reappear on the paper’s website, says a […]

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5 Feb

Quand journalisme et politique font ménage…

Lise Millette, ProjetJ En éthique, l’apparence de conflit d’intérêt peut devenir tout aussi lourde de conséquence que le conflit d’intérêt lui-même. Alors intervient la notion de censure ou le refus de […]

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5 Feb

Médias, crime et justice

Daniel Baril, Forum | S’il fallait s’en remettre uniquement à l’impression laissée par les médias pour évaluer si la criminalité violente est en baisse ou en hausse au Canada, il […]

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4 Feb

Journalist death toll down in 2008, rises again in early ’09

The 2008 death toll in journalism, reported the International Federation of Journalists, was 109 reporters and other news media workers killed on assignment. That figure looks better than 175 deaths […]

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4 Feb

Info690 réduit son personnel

La direction de Corus Québec a annoncé une réorganisation qui touchera entre 25 à 30 personnes de sa station montréalaise Info690. Selon Corus, la station enregistre des pertes financières rendant […]

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4 Feb

“Mr. Dying” tracks media

Utne has the goods on the guy tracking the death of North American media on Twitter. “The media is dying” is a virtual death knell of journalism, so relentless in […]

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4 Feb

Jail for photographing police in UK?

New anti-terrorism laws set to be introduced in the UK next month are expected to increase the powers of police officers to stop photographers from taking photos in public places, […]

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