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19 May

Ah, yes, the good old days

I confess; reading this article brought tears to my eyes. Which, I suppose makes me a definite journalistic dinosaur, but let me share with you just one paragraph about Charles […]

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19 May

Can J-profs still do the work?

An editor in Australia is pursuing a unique concept for online journalism. He’s hired working journalists as editors but academics as reporters. Andrew Jaspan said he believes this will bring […]

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19 May

Life after 30

Ever wonder what happened to John Temple, editor of the Rocky Mountain News when it folded? He found a second life online and, in this Columbia Journalism Review article, talks […]

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19 May

Al Jazeera journalist Dorothy Parvaz recounts detention

Dorothy Parvaz sat down with Al Jazeera English today to talk about her near three week ordeal. Parvaz was detained in Syria upon her arrival in Damascus 19 days ago […]

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19 May

How Google search gave rise to content farms: new story in Maisonneuve

What does the all-powerful Google search, and it algorithm, have in common with online content farms and machine-driven content? And what could it all mean for journalism and journalists? Read […]

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18 May

Journalism as a war crime

Found an interesting article in The Atlantic by a Nairobi-based journalist about the case of radio journalist Joshua arap Sang, who has been accused of using his craft to incite […]

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18 May

“We need to know, and see, how Ashley Smith died”: Globe editorial

On May 24,coroner Bonnie Porter will hold a full hearing into what kind of access, if any, the press can have to the exhibits shown at the Ashley Smith inquest. […]

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18 May

Dorothy Parvaz freed

In the wee hours of the morning, Al Jazeera English sent out this tweet: “DOROTHY IS FREE. Al Jazeera’s Dorothy Parvaz has been released and is safe and well in […]

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17 May

Capturing Canada vote: CBC’s election night coverage

Director Steve Pennie captures CBC’s election coverage step-by-step, from the drop of the writ till the lights go out election night. Ah, election night in Canada—the closest thing that CBC […]

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17 May

Sports Journalism and the double X factor

Charlotte was bustling around the green room at the Hockey Night in Canada studio when it happened. As a program assistant at HNIC, it was part of her job to […]

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