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22 May

Straw mag?

From CBC.ca: A Canadian magazine will be making history Thursday — Canadian Geographic is publishing its annual environment issue on paper made from wheat, a first for a North American […]

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22 May

Les médias et les accommodements raisonnables. L’invention d’un débat

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22 May

Diary of a reporter home from Iraq

“Though the Iraq war is arguably the most significant act of American foreign policy in decades, it is often invisible at home,” writes Damien Cave. Surprise comes through strongly in […]

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22 May

Commission Bouchard-Taylor: les accommodements raisonnables et les médias

À propos de nombreuses controverses survenues au Québec au cours des dernières années, les commissaires observent des écarts importants entre les faits et les perceptions du public.  Les commissaires soutiennent […]

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22 May

Le quatrième pouvoir au XXIe siècle

Colette Brin, ProjetJ | Trois étudiants de HEC Montréal partagent sur leur blogue les résultats d’un travail de recherche sur l’impact des technologies numériques sur la presse. Ils explorent de […]

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22 May

Kids News Network

This initiative of the Dutch NGO, Free Voice, sets two interlinked goals: giving kids a voice in the news media and improving the overall quality of the news media. The […]

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22 May

Children and the media quicksand

British solicitor Amber Melville-Brown reviews recent court challenges dealing with the rights of children not to be photographed when in a public space. Her examples include cases launched by celebrities […]

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22 May

Newsroom barometer study predicts integrated newsroom

An annual survey of editors around the world conducted by Zogby International and commissioned by the World Editors Forum and Reuters is posted to this site and is signficant because […]

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22 May

Columnist quits over plagiarism

Bob Hughes, a freelance columnist at the Regina Leader-Post, has resigned after he used material taken from a Globe and Mail column without attribution, the CBC reports. Hughes said it […]

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22 May

Terror trial by media?

The so-called “Toronto 18” terrorism case has generated sensational headlines and controversy. Are the news media, somewhat shackled by a publication ban, contributing to the problem by unbalanced and sensational […]

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