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17 Oct

Sports reporter honoured

Toronto Star sports reporter Randy Starkman has been awarded the 2008 Dr. Tom Pashby Sports Safety Award. The award honours contributions to public education about causes, consequences and prevention of […]

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17 Oct

L’avenir du Conseil de presse

Colette Brin, ProjetJ | S’il y a lieu de s’interroger sur l’avenir du journalisme ces temps-ci, c’est forcément aussi le cas du Conseil de presse du Québec, qui souligne cette […]

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17 Oct

Le CRTC se penchera sur la radiodiffusion dans les nouveaux médias

ProjetJ | La Presse Canadienne – Le Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes entreprend une étude en profondeur sur les services de radiodiffusion par Internet et au moyen […]

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17 Oct

Cercle des étudiants en journalisme de l’Université de Montréal

Adresse permanente du Cercle | Un groupe de solidarité, de mobilisation et d’intercommunication réservé aux étudiants actuels, d’hier et de demain, du Certificat en journalisme de l’Université de Montréal. Montez […]

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16 Oct

Globe adds audience participation to Election 2008 coverage

After my bemoaning the lack of features allowing direct participation, the Globe and Mail adds “Hotline to Harper” feature, giving the audience a voice to speak directly to the prime […]

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16 Oct

Take a number: tools for getting the numbers straight

By Bob Ortega I went into journalism because I’m good with words, not with numbers. Yes, we’ve noticed. It’s a sad fact that many reporters’ eyes glaze over when they’re […]

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16 Oct

Media too influenced by poll data

Polls don’t influence voters decisions all that much, but the media, well that’s a different story. According to polling experts quoted in a post-election Canadian Press story, journalists “over-analyzed” the […]

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16 Oct

Striking Free Press staffers report on the web

Employees at the Winnipeg Free Press have been on strike for four days. But they are not sitting back just waiting to return to work. Instead, a team of reporters, […]

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16 Oct

An election promise that could benefit freelancers

Now that the election has passed and the Conservatives have won a minority government, observers are looking back at the plethora of promises made during the campaign and questioning which […]

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16 Oct

CRTC to consider new media broadcasting regulation

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has announced plans for a review of whether or not new media broadcasting should be subject to federal regulation. According to a CRTC […]

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