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25 Jun

Copy editing outsourced to India

The idea of outsourcing work immediately brings to mind tech work such as computer programming. But copy editing? An Associated Press story run by the American journal Editor and Publisher […]

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24 Jun

More journalists forced into exile

At least 82 journalists were forced to flee their home countries during the past 12 months, a rate of exile that doubles the average recorded since 2001, according to a […]

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24 Jun

Internet blows past newspapers as source of info for U.S. voters

As Canadian politicians vie for public attention during this summer’s federal pre-election campaign, here’s some interesting U.S. data for journalists, politicians and media managers to chew on: American voters have […]

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24 Jun

Brokaw and Downie, replacing and retiring

Leonard Downie Jr. announced June 23 that he is stepping down as executive editor of The Washington Post. Downie, 66,  held the position for 17 years and has been with […]

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24 Jun

Don’t forget to plug in your newspaper

Businessweek.com technology writer Arik Hesseldahl cancelled his four newspaper subscriptions for an entire month and fed his addiction with Amazon’s new Kindle instead. The Kindle e-reader gives a user access […]

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23 Jun

Vancouver takes top prize at Western mag awards

The Western Magazine Awards held its annual gala event this past weekend to celebrate the very best in magazine journalism in the four western provinces plus Yukon and Northwest Territories. […]

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23 Jun

Un livre sur l’histoire de la presse hebdomadaire

Patrick Bellerose, Infopresse | Hebdos Québec vient de lancer le premier de neuf tomes sur l’histoire de la presse hebdomadaire francophone au Québec. Ce premier recueil porte sur les journaux hebdomadaires francophones de […]

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23 Jun

Monday mayhem

Apropos of nothing — or just because it’s Monday: Journalist suspected of murdering women in Macedonia Story of a journalist Stripping His Way to a Ph.D. Reporter breaks back after […]

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23 Jun

Is it broke?

“Journalism is broken,” said a speaker at a lecture series put on by the U.K. Guardian. The series, which is partly available online, asked, “Is it?”

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23 Jun

Décrocher la une

Décrocher la une: le choix des titres de première page de la presse quotidienne en France et en Allemagne (1945-2005), par Nicolas Hubé, Presses universitaires de Strasbourg, 2008, 398p. L’étude […]

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