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9 Apr

Rogers buys TV channels

Rogers has bought a package of TV properties, including the six A-Channel stations, from CTVglobemedia, Canada.com reports via Canadian Press. The price tag for the purchase is $137.5 million.

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9 Apr

Hannibal Lecter on the front page

courtesy Liam Richards The mainstream media tends to associate the term “psychopath” with explosive, uncontrolled, and highly graphic forms of violence, says a study by a pyschology graduate student at […]

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9 Apr

Reality TV turns eye on student press

A new documentary, titled “The Paper,” which had its first airing April 7 at the Philadelphia Film Festival, takes an in depth look at the student press through the eyes […]

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9 Apr

Tips from a seasoned veteran

Ginny LaRoe, a recent graduate of journalism school in Indianapolis, shares her tips for how to successfully apply for and land journalism jobs or internships. Tips include: get a mentor, […]

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9 Apr

Civics, not censorship

In a scathing editorial, vice president of the American Press Institute Warren Watson blasts a decision to reprimand a student editor who published an article advocating tolerance for gays and […]

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6 Apr

Blogger freed after 226 days in jail

NewsVideo blogger Josh Wolf was freed on April 3, 2007after spending more time behind bars for contempt than any other American journalist in recent history. The 24-year-old, whorefused to comply […]

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6 Apr

Landmark British privacy ruling stands

NewsBritain’s House of Lords has refused to review a landmark ruling that has been criticized for protecting privacy at the expense of free expression — and could restrict how journalists […]

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6 Apr

CBC-TV trims staff

CBC-TV has cut 41 employees, including staffers in human resources, communications, sales and marketing in various cities across Canada. Ten staffers attached to the production of cancelled shows Country Canada […]

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5 Apr

The Trial of Conrad Black blog

Toronto Life contributor Douglas Bell edits The Trial of Conrad Black: A Daily Digest of Courtroom Activity for Avid Observers. The blog employs a stable of five writers to contribute […]

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5 Apr

Barbara Amiel columns now sideshow

Douglas Bell chronicles Barbara “Lady Black” Amiel’s career in his Toronto Life column, “Sideshow Barb.” He suggests that since her husband Conrad Black’s downfall and subsequent trial, Amiel’s columns in […]

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