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25 Jun

Love’s labour lost?: Working for a sustainable alternative press

In Briarpatch’s June 2007 media issue Nicole Cohen writes:  “I don’t recall the exact moment I became skeptical of the term labour of love, but I do remember the day […]

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25 Jun

Community radio and the frequency of struggle

Appreciating the importance of, and opportunities for, community radio in Canada requires an understanding of the trends shaping media more generally — particularly the epidemic of consolidation that has swept […]

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25 Jun

Make Media, Make Real Trouble: What’s Wrong (and Right) with Indymedia

This article by Jennifer Whitney appeared in LiP magazine’s Summer 2005 “Constructively Negative” Sacred Cows issue. Despite the critical tone of this piece, it is ultimately a call for a […]

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25 Jun

Call for comments on CBSC code

This coming September, the CRTC, as part of its hearing on the diversity of voices in our broadcasting spectrum, will be seeking comment on the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council’s proposed […]

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25 Jun

Johnston strapped with suicide bomber belt

A video showing kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston wearing an explosives vest and requesting a peaceful resolution between negotiators was released Monday. In the video, Johnston asks Hamas and British governments […]

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25 Jun

Dossier: journalisme citoyen | deuxième partie

Michel Dumais, Le Trente/Blogue MédiaBiz Le journalisme citoyen selon ses acteursSelon Joël de Rosnay, co-fondateur du site français Agoravox, « le journalisme citoyen ne se définit pas par une logique […]

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25 Jun

François Bayrou défend lindépendance des médias

Journal chrétien «Pas de démocratie sans séparation des intérêts politiques, économiques et médiatiques»François Bayrou reprend pour l’ensemble des médias le programme d’action que le Conseil national de la Résistance avait […]

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25 Jun

Ouest-France numérise ses correspondants

Le Sans-Culotte 85/Acrimed Internet est décidément l’excuse la plus rentable du moment. Sous couvert de modernisme et d’interactivité avec ses lecteurs, l’ogre breton en profite pour réduire comme peau de […]

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24 Jun

Journalism is not dying

In a column for the San Francisco Chronicle, Dan Gillmor, director of the Center for Citizen Media, argues that current widespread concern over possible dying journalistic business models obscures the […]

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24 Jun

Footage of Diana’s last moments causes controversy

Columnist Peter Duffy of the Chronicle Herald in Halifax criticizes the recent decision of a British television station to air images of Princess Diana’s last moments.

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