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7 Jul

Brauchli new boss at Washington Post

Former Wall Street Journal editor Marcus Brauchli has been named executive editor of The Washington Post, stepping into the large shoes of the legendary Leonard Downie, Jr. Brauchli was briefly […]

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7 Jul

Calgarian inspires loyal news audience in NYC

In this mini-profile of morning news anchor Pat Kiernan, The Man Who Plays Pat Kiernan on TV, the New York Observer says “thousands of culturally literate New Yorkers” have “a […]

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7 Jul

China’s broken promise

Human Rights Watch has released a new report, “China’s Forbidden Zones: Shutting the Media out of Tibet and Other ‘Sensitive’ Stories.” It said China’s government “continues to block and threaten […]

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4 Jul

Kory Teneycke tagged as Harper’s new communications director

Canadian Press reports that a former energy-industry lobbyist and Reform party activist is expected to become Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s new communications director. An excerpt of the CP story: “Highly […]

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4 Jul

Book examines media ethics from global perspective

By Stephen J. A. Ward  One leading edge of media ethics research is the search for an ethics appropriate to today’s global journalism. A growing number of ethicists and scholars […]

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4 Jul

Don’t risk reader relationships with “sneaky manoeuvers”

By Bob Sexton If it looks like crap and smells like crap, it’s probably going to taste like crap. And who, other than your dog, really wants to eat crap? […]

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4 Jul

Online ads up

A release from the Interactive Advertising Bureau of Canada said online ad revenues in Canada rose some 38 per cent, to more than $1.2 billion, between 2006 and 2007. A […]

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4 Jul

Cringe

I feel a little bit mean posting this, but it’s such a perfect example of why journalists have lost respect with the public (in this case anyone with basic science […]

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4 Jul

L’actualit appoints new publisher

Réal Germain has been appointed as publisher of French-language current affairs magazine L’actualité, Rogers Publishing announced today.  Germain moves to L’actualité from his position as vice-president of news and current […]

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4 Jul

Les agences de presse appuient lidée dun Conseil de presse

Jean-Luc Martin-Lagardette, AgoraVox| C’est une étape importante qui vient d’être franchie vers l’instauration en France d’une instance de médiation et de régulation destinée à améliorer la qualité de l’information journalistique. […]

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