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13 Dec

New study says newsroom investment pays off

Reuters journalist, Robert MacMillan reports that a recent U.S. study shows that newspapers executives who have invested more money in editorial have made more money in the long term. MacMillan […]

13 Dec

Sensationalizing health coverage

A five-year research study at Simon Fraser University, published this spring in an academic journal, concludes that Canadian newspapers miss the “real stories” about health issues and “dwell on covering […]

13 Dec

Privacy laws could jeopardize iconic photos in future

The iconic photographs that help define history could be under threat from a new British privacy law, a media lawyer warns. Full report.

13 Dec

Journalists who retell violence relive trauma, too

Is there a “culture of silence” about how covering crime, war, and accidents impacts journalists? What does it take to make mainstream media pay attention to violence in far-off places? […]

13 Dec

Journalism and communications scholar dies

Canada’s journalism and communications academic community has lost a distinguished scholar. Paul Attallah, a former associate director of Carleton University’s School of Journalism and Communication, has died. Attallah, 54, served […]

13 Dec

J-schools more vital than ever

ByRobert Washburn There is a generation of journalists who love to regale j-school students with stories about working their way up the ladder without any formal journalism training. The tales […]