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14 Oct

So, howd we do this time?

By Ivor Shapiro Part 1 – So, how’d we do this time?Part 2 – The year of the blogPart 3 – Enter the truth squadsPart 4 – Interactive journalism? Not […]

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14 Oct

The Gazette: Canwest lorgne les étudiants en journalisme

Daphné Cameron, La Presse | Le service de nouvelles Canwest tente actuellement de recruter des étudiants en journalisme de l’Université Concordia pour remplacer les reporters du quotidien The Gazette dans […]

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14 Oct

Economic reporting in the red: much ink, no insight

By Mark Schacter The background music to our federal election is the cracking and crumbling sound of the global financial edifice.   I turn to the newspapers for perspective.  On […]

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14 Oct

Dans la peau d’un reporter de guerre

Florence Vergne, journalismes.net | Vous êtes au cœur de Jérusalem. Une bombe explose. Qui est l’auteur de cet attentat ? Quelles vont être les conséquences ? Comment relater cet événement […]

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13 Oct

Feint praise?

CBC and CTV made the unusual move of disassociating themselves from Peter Kent, former broadcast journalist and now a Conservative candidate in the Toronto area riding of Thornhill. Kent’s promo […]

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13 Oct

Le retour des nouvelles à TQS

Richard Therrien, Cyberpresse | TQS diffuse un bulletin de 30 minutes, à 17h30, les samedis et dimanches. Ce nouveau bulletin est produit par ADN5, une boîte appartenant à Sylvain Girard, […]

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13 Oct

Slap down

David Ljunggren of Reuters reports on covering the Canadian election amid surreal political perspectives of the economy, and an economic reporter’s attempts to get a handle on Conservative policy positions. […]

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13 Oct

The election and media reform

Back in February, media watcher Robert Hackett argued media reform should be a top priority in the impending (even back then) federal election. Hackett saw a disturbing constellation forming: an […]

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12 Oct

Les médias déboutés en appel

Ian Bussières, Le Soleil | La Cour d’appel a rejeté la requête d’un regroupement de médias qui contestait les directives administratives limitant la réalisation d’entrevues et la prise d’images à […]

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11 Oct

Why newspapers endorse political parties

Toronto Star public editor Kathy English posits an answer to the question, “Why do newspapers endorse?” by quoting a Star editor 36 years ago: “The easy way for a newspaper, […]

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