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25 May

Research and reporting features

Feature writers tend to spend much more time researching and reporting their story than writing it. That’s because to write with authority, intelligence and a fresh perspective, you need a […]

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25 May

Favourite features

Here are some feature stories that we love, Canadian and otherwise. To view more exemplary works: Search the best in Canadian journalism by genre, subject or award (as well as […]

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25 May

Style and structure

Reflections on writing Blocked: Why do writers stop writing? In this New Yorker article, author Joan Acocella muses on the history, theory and nature of writer’s block. Objectivity: Not dead […]

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25 May

The ethics of feature writing

In Chapter 10 of The Bigger Picture, Ivor Shapiro writes of “the seductive similarity” between feature writing and fiction writing: Both are rooted in careful observation, research, sympathy for the […]

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25 May

Selling to, and working with, editors

Understanding the Editor Let us now praise editors by Gary Kamiya In this piece, Kamiya explores the role of the editor as gatekeeper and ego-tender, pointing out that “to people […]

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25 May

La SSJB dépose une plainte contre The Gazette

Presse Canadienne, Montréal | Le président général de la Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Montréal, Jean Dorion, a fait parvenir une plainte au Conseil de presse du Québec, blâmant la présentation du […]

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25 May

Nous avons besoin d’un médiateur national des médias !

Florent Pommier, MediaPart.fr | Le faux SMS de Cécilia ex-Sarkozy par Le NouvelObs et la mort prématurée de Pascal Sevran sur Europe 1… en l’espace de quelques semaines, ces médias […]

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25 May

“Un monde sans journaliste ?” Eric Le Braz imagine l’avenir du journalisme. Nous sommes en 2020…

Éric Le Braz, Journalisme.com | PRESSE – Le Parisien cesse de paraître 04/03/2020 – 17h35. PARIS (AFP) – David Martinon, président du groupe Le Parisien Interactive vient d’officialiser la nouvelle […]

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25 May

Déclaration des devoirs et des droits des journalistes (Munich, 1971)

Acrimed | Préambule Le droit à l’information, à la libre expression et à la critique est une des libertés fondamentales de tout être humain. Ce droit du public de connaître […]

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24 May

CBC asking for more money

New CBC/Radio-Canada president Hubert Lacroix says the CBC needs $215-million more federal money as well as a seven-year funding plan, reported Sun Media. Speaking to a conference of the Academy […]

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