Archive
4 Dec

Court-ordered CBC programming?

A judge in the Northwest Territories seems to think the courts have the ability to order CBC programming: a court ordered a CBC Radio broadcaster to air a program on […]

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3 Dec

On suing Maclean’s

Maclean’s recently published an excerpt from a 2006 book  by Mark Steyn entitled, “The future belongs to Islam.” On Dec. 4, the Canadian Islamic Congress will hold a press conference to […]

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3 Dec

Videos to help explain new online tools to students

The website below contains links to a library of simple, short videos that teachers may find useful to introduce lessons about a wide range of new online tools. Common Craft […]

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3 Dec

Corporate social responsibility: a journalist’s investigation

by Konrad Yakabuski I can’t say I was fully satisfied with the outcome of “Gimme Smelter” because the situation behind the story was still unresolved when the piece was published. […]

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3 Dec

Photographers heading to Rwanda

A team of Canadian photojournalists plans to document Rwandan struggles with HIV and AIDS through a project called Photosensitive, the Toronto Star reports. The six photographers, who will also share […]

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3 Dec

Free library of global health video footage

The Kaiser Video Library is a free, online service for journalists around the world who report on public health issues. The goal of the video library is to provide television […]

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3 Dec

Bilan sanglant : plus de 170 employés au service des médias morts en 2007

Vildana Lelic, étudiante, Université Laval | Bruxelles – Dans les premiers 11 mois de cette année, 171 employés au service des médias ont perdu leur vie. Ce chiffre provient de l’INSI […]

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3 Dec

La chasse à lauditoire

Le traitement excessif d’une nouvelle pendant plusieurs jours rapprochés est une forme de sensationnalisme. Par exemple, selon Radio-Canada, la « tragédie du collège Dawson a obtenu le poids médiatique le […]

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30 Nov

March 14-16, 2008: Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism

The 2008 Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism takes place at the Sheraton Boston Hotel from Friday, March 14 to Sunday, March 16, 2008. This year the conference continues its tradition […]

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30 Nov

On n’en fera pas une histoire nationale

Selon le Top 5 de l’actualité (les nouvelles les plus “lourdes” de la semaine dernière selon Influence communication), les regrets de Brian Mulroney pour avoir accepté la valise pleine d’argent […]

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