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24 Sep

NYT says ad discount a mistake

MoveOn.org will pay an extra $77,000 for a controversial ad that was published at a discount in the New York Times, the Washington Post reports. The ad, which assails Gen. David Petraeus as […]

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24 Sep

FOI audit shows gov’t still keeping secrets

By Fred Vallance-JonesWhen I sat down to crunch the raw data from the third annual CNA FOI audit, I hoped against hope that I’d discover a marked improvement in performance […]

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24 Sep

Don’t forget the value of hyperlinking

“Hyperlinks not only can help provide informative context to information within a story, they also can help keep a story alive long after its original publication,” says Robert Niles at […]

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24 Sep

Sarkozy et les médias : l’information neutralisée par la communication politique

Politique.net Hyperprésidence, omniprésence médiatique, tels sont les qualificatifs qui reviennent le plus souvent à propos des premiers mois de Nicolas Sarkozy à l’Elysée. Le chef de l’Etat est partout, il […]

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24 Sep

Les supercheries d’un journaliste et expert sur le terrorisme

Alexis Debat, 35 ans, vient d’être démasqué. Le Français avait fabriqué de toute pièce des entrevues avec des personnalités comme Bill Clinton, Barack Obama et Bill Gates, parues dans la […]

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24 Sep

Wall Street Journal considers dropping online subscription fees

A week after the New York Times dropped its online subscription fees, the head of the Wall Street Journal is suggesting it may do the same. News Corp. chairman Rupert […]

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24 Sep

Right to Know Day – Sept 28

Access to Information advocates around the world celebrate International Right to Know Day on September 28. In Canada, the event stretches to a whole week: Sept 28 – Oct 5. […]

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23 Sep

Maclean’s flap

Maclean’s, true to form lately, is at the centre of controversy again. This time it’s in the U.S., because of a magazine cover depicting U.S. President George W. Bush dressed […]

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21 Sep

New Sun Media boss

Newspaper executive Michael Sifton has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Sun Media Corp. Previously, Sifton ran Osprey Media for the past six years. He has also been chairman […]

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21 Sep

October 31: Democracy and Journalism: The View from the Bench

The Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) and the Munk Centre for International Studies invite you to join us for the first in an annual speaker series: Democracy and Journalism: The View […]

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