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18 Dec

Paper cuts

The American Society of Newspaper Editors will vote next April on cutting the word “paper” from its name and expanding its membership to include editors of online-only news Web sites […]

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17 Dec

Getting great map data for free

There was a time when the data you needed to work with a GIS (mapping) program would cost you hundreds or, more likely, thousands of dollars. Government and private vendors […]

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17 Dec

Brunswick News Inc. vs. the Carleton Free Press

A year after it launched, the independent Carleton FreePress closed down in October. As Ryerson Review of Journalism reporter Christal Gardiola discovered, that’s left a paper owned by the powerful […]

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17 Dec

Reporting on the dead

Why did neither of Canada’s two major all-news networks — CTV and CBC — for the first time fail to cover, live, the Dec. 16 repatriation ceremony at Canadian Forces […]

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17 Dec

Un grand moment de journalisme

Robert Jasmin, Neuville, Le Devoir | Acclamé par la foule irakienne, le journaliste Muntazer al-Zaidi est effectivement un héros. En lançant ses souliers à la tête de George W. Bush, […]

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17 Dec

Obama and the press

Between Obama and the Press, a piece in the upcoming the New York Times Magazine, looks at how the relationship between the press and the new president might shape up […]

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17 Dec

Conciliateur nommé au Journal de Montréal

Les Affaires | À la demande du Syndicat des travailleurs de l’information du Journal de Montréal, le ministère du Travail a nommé Pierre-Marc Bédard comme conciliateur dans le conflit opposant Quebecor à […]

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17 Dec

Pulitzers now accepting from online-only publications

Submissions from online-only publications can now be recognized by the prestigious U.S. journalism awards, the Pulitzer Prizes. According the a news release: “The Pulitzer Prizes in journalism have been expanded […]

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17 Dec

Best of Regret the Error 2008

Craig Silverman’s Regret the Error has put together a round-up of the best media blunders in 2008. Here are a few selections: Correction of the Year: “One of the year’s […]

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17 Dec

An iconic plague

BySue Ferguson For a tribe that prides itself on being laconic, it’s ironic that the word iconic could appear so frequently with nary a hint of wit sardonic. It’s downright […]

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