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20 Dec

Individuals – not media organizations – led Twitter conversation in Egypt and Tunisia

<p>A <a href="http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/1246/643" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new study</a> released by the International Journal of Communication says that journalists, bloggers and activists were responsible for spreading more information during the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt last winter than mainstream media organizations.</p><p>The study looked at over 350,000 tweets containing relevant hashtags to the two uprisings that included tweets from almost 40,000 distinct users in Tunisia and over 60,000 in Egypt.</p>

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20 Dec

Political unrest proves deadly for journalists: CPJ report

<p>The Committee to Protect Journalists has released the results of its annual <a href="http://www.cpj.org/reports/2011/12/journalists-killed-political-unrest-proves-deadly.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">survey of journalist fatalities worldwide</a>. For the second straight year, Pakistan was the most dangerous place for the press, though there were also a number of new trends in 2011.</p>

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20 Dec

Can the future of journalism take lessons from its past?

<p> </p><p>With the future of journalism uncertain, the <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/twitter-journalists-best-friend-and-journalism%E2%80%99s-worst-enemy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">discussion</a> over whether or not Twitter makes for lazy journalists, and the <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/when-storytelling-never-stops-working-all-day-news-channel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">24-hour news cycle</a> dominating newsrooms, it's important to sometimes take a step back and remember the foundations of the profession.</p>

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20 Dec

Les médias québécois boudent-ils l’information internationale?

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; border: none; padding: 0cm; line-height: 0.5cm">Par Mickaël Bergeron, texte originellement paru sur son blogue <a href="http://www.labarbe.ca/les-medias-quebecois-boudent-ils-linformation-internationale/">la barbe</a></p>

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19 Dec

CRTC to review fund supporting local broadcasting

<p>In 2009, the CRTC created the Local Programming Improvement Fund to support the development of local television programming – and local news in particular. They are now holding a public consultation to review whether the fund should be maintained, modified of cancelled.</p><p>The review comes as no surprise, as it had been scheduled to take place three years after the fund began. </p>

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19 Dec

Se regarder le nombril et mourir à petit feu

<p>Par Cécile Gladel</p><p>En ce lundi matin sur <a href="http://www.lactualite.com/?p=62636">mon blogue de Branchez-vous</a>, je parle de la mort de deux personnalités aux antipodes du spectre politique: Vaclav Havel et Kim-Jong Il. Le premier est un apôtre de la paix. Il a lutté contre la dictature, a gagné, est devenu président. L’autre est un dictateur, l’un des pires de la planète.</p>

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19 Dec

Thomson Reuters délocalise de Toronto à Bangalore

<p>Thomson Reuters s'apprête à délocaliser une partie de ses activités en ligne dans le sud de l'Inde. Basé à Toronto depuis 2005, le site web de l'agence de presse conservera cinq salariés dans la Ville Reine. 17 permanents et cinq temporaires verront leurs tâches effectuées à Bangalore à compter de mars prochain. Leur travail consiste essentiellement à mettre en ligne des articles et des photos.</p>

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19 Dec

Twitter, ‘appification’ and technology: Journalism predictions for 2012

<p> </p><p>What will 2012 bring for journalism? <a href="http://www.niemanlab.org/collection/predictions-2012/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Niemen Journalism Lab is rounding up predictions</a> from experts to answer that question.</p><p>The fact that everyone is talking about digital isn’t at all surprising. However, what they’re saying about it might be a bit more unexpected.</p>

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19 Dec

CJF Awards now accepting submissions

<p>The Canadian Journalism Foundation is now accepting submissions for a number of awards.</p><p>The CJF supports and recognizes excellence in journalism through its awards programs and will honour the winners at the <a href="http://cjf-fjc.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">15th Annual Awards Gala</a> on June 7, 2012. Whether aspiring or experienced, they welcome submissions and nominations for the following:</p>

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19 Dec

A different kind of j-school: Teaching journalism to specialists, rather than the other way around

<p><em>You can't cultivate strong specialty journalism by using a general j-school curriculum. Rather, you must teach the specialists the art of journalism. The University of Toronto's new certificate program looks to do just that.

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