Archive
30 Oct

Social network created for journalism researchers

Paul Bradshaw – a British journalist, university lecturer and author of the Online Journalism Blog – has created a social networking site for journalism researchers. “It’s an attempt to provide […]

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30 Oct

Covering aboriginal peoples

    Aboriginal People’s Television Network asked in an episode of its program Contact, “Is the mainstream media part of the problem?”     Said the online intro: “Kelly Morrisseau was a […]

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30 Oct

Local news boost

A ruling by the  the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission includes provision for a new fund to support local news programming in markets under one million people, with cable and […]

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30 Oct

Newspaper circulation decline speeds up in U.S.

The latest report from the Audit Bureau of Circulation shows U.S. newspaper circulation declined 4.6 per cent in the six months ending in September, 2008. The report covers 507 daily […]

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30 Oct

Hope for newspapers?

Hope for struggling newspaper companies and discouraged journalists came from an unlikely quarter this week. Lauren Rich Fine was the most powerful media-stock analyst on Wall Street for more than […]

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30 Oct

Hope for newspapers?

Hope for struggling newspaper companies and discouraged journalists came from an unlikely quarter this week. Lauren Rich Fine was the most powerful media-stock analyst on Wall Street for more than […]

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30 Oct

Circulation grows! (or, “Man bites dog!”)

    “CIRCULATION GROWS” could be a screaming headline in 72-point with multiple exclamation marks. But, oddly, it arrived in my inbox today as a mere item in the latest e-bulletin […]

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30 Oct

Ontario Press Council appoints new directors

The Ontario Press Council has appointed four new directors, the Canadian Press reports. Alvin Curling, former Speaker at Ontario’s Queen’s Park and George Thomson, former deputy attorney general are two […]

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30 Oct

Le poids du blogue

Marie-Andrée Chouinard, Le Devoir | Futé, le Parti conservateur? En choisissant d’accréditer des blogueurs au même titre que des journalistes lors de son prochain congrès, le parti de Stephen Harper […]

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30 Oct

Prix d’excellence, mention volume | Le journalisme radiophonique

Au fil des événements, Université Laval | Dominique Payette est professeure au Département d’information et de communication depuis moins de deux ans, mais elle possède une expérience professionnelle remarquable. Elle […]

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