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15 Feb

New media means new ways to cover climate change

<p><em>Just because mainstream coverage of climate change is waning doesn’t mean people aren’t talking about it. <strong>Candis Callison</strong>, a UBC professor with an interest in climate change coverage, argues that new media presents new opportunities for covering a topic that has traditionally posed trouble for journalists because it neither bleeds, nor leads. </em></p><p> </p><p>Reporting on climate change is on the wane in major newspapers across the country, but does that mean Canadians aren’t talking about it?</p>

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15 Feb

Does Nova Scotia media leave rural issues by the wayside?

<p><em>Big city media, small town issues: How does Nova Scotia’s media balance the two? It doesn’t, says <strong>Greg Wade</strong>. This story, from the latest issue of the <a href="http://kjr.kingsjournalism.com/?p=6010" target="_blank" rel="noopener">King’s Journalism Review</a>, looks at the few resources in rural Nova Scotia communities compared to those in Halifax.</em></p>

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15 Feb

East African famine coverage examined

<p>On Feb. 3, the U.N. officially declared <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/03/famine-somalia-over-says-un" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Somalia’s famine over</a>, providing a moment for reflection on coverage of the <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/interactive/2011/nov/01/somalia-drought-camps-map-interactive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">East African/Somali drought</a>.

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14 Feb

Journos get cute on Twitter: #journovalentines

<script src="http://storify.com/jsource/journovalentines.js"></script><noscript>[<a href="http://storify.com/jsource/journovalentines" target="_blank" rel="noopener">View the story "#journovalentines" on Storify</a>]</noscript>

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14 Feb

Canadians think media is too important for foreign control: Survey

<p>According to a <a href="http://www.friends.ca/poll/10569" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new poll released yesterday</a> by the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting organization, three in four believe that Canadian media is too important to culture and national security to have foreign ownership.</p><p>The survey also showed that more than ever before, respondents believed that foreign ownership of media would result in a decrease in Canadian content.</p>

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14 Feb

Is African famine too boring to cover?

<!--[endif]--><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal"><em>Field Notes Editor <strong>Nicole Blanchett Neheli</strong> finds out why the President of the University of Guelph said media weren't reporting on African famine because they deemed it a boring story, and speaks with CBC's Brian Stewart to get his take on how journalists are covering the devastating effects of famine in Somalia.</em></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">The media find African famine boring. </p>

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14 Feb

How I got the story: Jennifer Ditchburn on the fake new Canadians story

<p><em>This article was <a href="http://www.hilltimes.com/news/news/2012/02/06/cp-reporter-who-broke-%E2%80%98fake%E2%80%99-new-canadians-oath-story-saw-sun-tv-ceremony-it/29491" target="_blank" rel="noopener">originally published</a> by </em>The Hill Times<em> on Feb. 6, 2012. Re-published with permission from writer <strong>Bea  Vongdouangchanh</strong>.</em></p><p> </p>

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13 Feb

Hey, j-schools: Do your students a favour and teach them entrepreneurial skills

<p><em>Journalism schools aren't doing their students any favours by not teaching them how to be entrepreneurs in the field, according to <strong>Arik Ligeti</strong>, a third-year student at Carleton University. He explains how teaching students to create new ventures and sell themselves as freelancers will have a net benefit effect as more young people look to find work in non-traditional areas.</em></p><p> </p>

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13 Feb

Twitter is great until it isn’t: The New York Times

<p>Another interesting take on newsroom Twitter policies (<a href="http://j-source.ca/article/why-journalists-should-break-news-twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a topic that J-Source looked at last week</a>) comes from David Carr’s Sunday <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/13/business/media/twitter-is-all-in-good-fun-until-it-isnt.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=business" target="_blank" rel="noopener">column for <em>The New York Times</em></a>.</p>

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13 Feb

Les nouveaux habits de l’actualité

<p><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 0.58cm; ">Par Colette Brin, professeur au Département d'information et de communication de l'Université Laval - texte initialement paru sur le blogue </span><a href="http://www.blogues.ulaval.ca/colette-brin/les-nouveaux-habits-de-lactualite/" style="font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 0.58cm; ">Contact</a><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 0.58cm; ">.</span></p>

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