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20 Jan

Rogers asks publishing staff to cut to 4-day work week

Amid a slew of layoffs and cutbacks in the North American media industry, Rogers Publishing has chosen a different type of cost-saving regime. All full-time staff of the media giant’s […]

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19 Jan

Droit et journalisme à lère du spin

Dans un contexte médiatique concurrentiel voulant que chaque nouvelle circule et peut être reprise par une entreprise concurrente rapidement, le journaliste se doit de s’imposer lui-même des réserves et se […]

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19 Jan

All a-Twitter over Obama

Watching the American networks over the weekend, you’d never know anything was going on in Gaza, the Ukraine or anywhere else beyond a few square hectares in Washington, DC. Canadian […]

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19 Jan

XXI, le journal du XXIe siècle

François Brabant, Le Vif/L’Express | XXI fête son premier anniversaire. Zoom sur un journal hors normes, qui remet à l’honneur les grands récits et les reportages au long cours.

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18 Jan

Le journalisme denquête ou lillusion dun service public

La parole ne suffit plus aux journalistes. Ils veulent désormais passer à l’action et le journalisme d’investigation a repris du galon. En devenant des redresseurs de torts, les entreprises médiatiques […]

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16 Jan

Twittering tips for newbies

New York Times tech columnist David Pogue admits for a long time he was “exasperated” by the hype surrounding Twitter, and felt the world didn’t need another “ego-massaging, social-networking time […]

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16 Jan

Twitter et journalisme. La dernière utopie?

Alain Théroux, ProjetJ | Vous êtes sur une plage de Malibu et croyez sentir la vibration de votre cellulaire. Vous découvrez alors qu’il s’agit en fait du Big one, le […]

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16 Jan

The 2008 financial crisis: why coverage was flawed

ByMichael Hlinka When I received a very kind offer from an ex-colleague at CBC Radio, journalism professor Janice Neil, to offer my perspective on the media’s coverage of the finance […]

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16 Jan

What’s wrong with journalism? Look in the mirror

ByAlan Bass Prepare yourself. If 2008 was a crappy year for the news business, 2009 is likely to be a lot worse. We’re going to see more journalists lose jobs […]

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16 Jan

Final issue of Masthead screams “Long live magazines”

The final print issue of Masthead magazine, which is shutting down publication of the magazine but will remain online, has a striking coverline: “LONG LIVE MAGAZINES.“ The mag’s publisher, North […]

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