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13 Jun

Study looks at how online Canadians get news

The average Internet-connected Canadian spends about 2.3 hours a day consuming news and information from a variety of sources, including television and newspapers, according to a new study by the […]

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13 Jun

News axed at Montreal radio station

Montreal radio station 940 AM will lay off 18 employees and switch to an oldies/greatest hits format from an news-talk format, reports CBC, because “owner Corus Entertainment announced the station’s […]

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13 Jun

Tim Russert dead at 58

American journalist Tim Russert has died at age 58. The Washington anchor of the U.S. NBC network and host of “Meet the Press” was “a towering figure in American journalism,” […]

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13 Jun

Sexist or fair coverage?

Coverage of Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid has renewed debate in the U.S. about how journalists deal with women. A piece in the New York Times looks at the issue, and […]

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13 Jun

Anonymous sources “add little,” says researcher

ByDenise Rudnicki When I was a young journalist working for CBC news, I was told I could not use information from an unnamed source unless I could corroborate it with […]

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13 Jun

FOCUS ON FINDINGS: Filling journalism’s R&D gap

This week marks the relaunch of J-Source’s Findings section under Thompson Rivers University’s Alan Bass, a former reporter for the Canadian Press and the London Free Press. Bass takes over from Bill Reynolds, […]

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13 Jun

Droit d’auteur: des enjeux pour les journalistes

Colette Brin, ProjetJ | Les modifications proposées à la loi du droit d’auteur, un document passablement complexe comme on peut l’imaginer, soulèvent déjà des réactions variées parmi les acteurs concernés. […]

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13 Jun

Corus ferme une autre salle des nouvelles; un appel au CRTC

Frédérick Bastien, ProjetJ | Dans un communiqué, la Guilde canadienne des médias annonce qu’elle presse le CRTC d’assurer la survie des informations locales à la suite de l’annonce par Corus […]

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13 Jun

Newspapers ponder giving up on young readers

Discussion at the annual World Association of Newspapers focused this year on how to integrate print and online newsrooms, and how to turn web readers into advertising dollars. But not […]

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13 Jun

News biz needs more “buzz”

By Alan Bass One of the most striking characteristics of the news industry in Canada is what appears to be a near total lack of commitment to R&D and professional […]

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