Archive
7 Feb

La libert

Marie-Louise Arsenault, Canoe2.com | «La tribune est un privilège, n’en abusez jamais, car on pourrait vous la retirer très rapidement», nous disait Pierre Bourgault, lorsqu’il nous enseignait le journalisme d’opinion […]

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7 Feb

Afghan journalism student sentenced to death

The British newspaper The Independent has taken up the cause of Sayed Pervez Kambaksh, the Afghan student journalist sentenced to death after being accused of downloading an Internet report on women’s rights. Their online […]

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6 Feb

February 26, 2008: Covering obesity seminar

“The Role of the News Media in Covering Obesity” is a Lunch & Learn seminar presented by Maureen Taylor, National Health/Medical Reporter for CBC Television News. It takes place on […]

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6 Feb

China frees imprisoned journalist

After intense lobbying from activists and politicians, Chinese authorities have released a Singapore newspaper reporter accused of spying on China for Taiwan. The reporter had been sentenced to five years in jail […]

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5 Feb

June 8-13, 2008: Environmental reporting workshop

Reporting on the environment, public policy, and even business, often requires journalists to explain complex scientific research and its implications. The Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental reporting is recruiting […]

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5 Feb

Chicago Sun-Times on the block

The Sun-Times Media Group was put up for sale yesterday by directors who blamed the management of former media baron Conrad Black for the company’s current difficulties.  Financial statements for […]

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5 Feb

Ne cherchez pas le journalisme dans la presse

Nicolas Kayser-Bril. Observatoiredesmedias.com | Une étude de l’université de Cardiff (pdf) montre que 60% des articles des journaux de qualité et 34% des reportages télés proviennent principalement ou en totalité […]

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4 Feb

It’s war, not peace-keeping: Wallin

Pamela Wallin’s advice to journalists: Forget about peacekeeping – Canada is at war Q&A by Karina Dahlin Q: Where can Canadian journalists find good sources to better understand what’s going […]

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4 Feb

Essai – Une brillante critique du journalisme

Louis Cornellier, Le Devoir | Avec Du journalisme en démocratie («Petite bibliothèque Payot», 2006) et Une histoire politique du journalisme, XIX-XXe siècle («Points», 2007), la jeune universitaire française Géraldine Muhlmann […]

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4 Feb

Shaking things up online

If your news site is suffering from the winter blahs, Robert Washburn has recently posted some links to help you refresh it. One points to how a UK newspaper helped build its online audience using […]

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