Archive
7 Jan

Strung along: Are Afghan fixers getting a raw deal?

As the eyes and ears of international news agencies, Afghan journalists negotiate some of the most dangerous terrain in the world, writes Ashley Walters in the Ryerson Review of Journalism […]

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7 Jan

Israeli censorship

One claim Israel has on the friendship of the West is that it is a rare democracy in a troubled region, with a commitment to honour human rights — including […]

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7 Jan

Media ban denied for sentencing by aboriginal healing circle

The aboriginal “healing circle” that sentences Christopher Pauchay will be open to the media. (Pauchay pleaded guilty last fall to criminal negligence, after he drunkenly left his young daughters outside […]

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7 Jan

How to land a job in journalism

UBC journalism professor and online media guru Alfred Hermida compiles some sound advice for students and job seekers about preparing for the job hunt in this post on reportr.net. A […]

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7 Jan

Reporting is king, all the rest is merely packaging

“The quality of the journalism we receive is only as good as the number of boots we have on the ground, worldwide, at every level,” writes Larry Cornies, journalism professor […]

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7 Jan

Science journalist for hire: Can text. Will Travel

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Science journalism – one of the most labour-intensive (and, therefore, expensive) specialized beats – has always been at high risk of being under-serviced in news organizations.The current wave of<a href="/article/caj-warns-industry-death-spiral" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> industry cutbacks</a> isn’t boding well for its future. <a href="http://www.cjr.org/the_observatory/science_groups_protest_cnn_cut.php%20%20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN’s decision</a> to axe its entire science unit is the latest example.

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7 Jan

Publicité à la une du New York Times

AFP/Le Devoir | New York — Faisant face, à l’instar des autres quotidiens, à une perte de ses revenus publicitaires, le New York Times est devenu hier le plus récent […]

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7 Jan

Legal action against aggregated news content

The practice of news websites linking to blogs and other news websites is the basis of a copyright infringement lawsuit launched against The New York Times. GateHouse Media, which owns […]

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7 Jan

Community newspaper and j-school combine for unique project

The Cedar Rapids Gazette and Medill School of Journalism are partners in a unique experiment, mixing reporting, Facebook and citizen participation. The site is called NewsMixer…

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7 Jan

Les quatre défis du journalisme Web

Alexandre Cayla, 4×21 | Aujourd’hui, dire que le secteur des médias d’information (et, plus particulièrement, celui de la presse écrite) va mal est presque devenu un truisme; fragmentation du public, […]

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