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9 May

Le Prix Lizette-Gervais récompense la relève

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Pour la 25e année consécutive, le Prix Lizette-Gervais a salué vendredi la relève journalistique en radio et en télévision. Attribué à des finissants des programmes universitaires de journalisme et de communication, ce prix récompense chaque année deux reportages à caractère social ou humaniste produit pour la radio ou la télévision.</p>

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9 May

Le Conseil de presse a l’oeil sur les réseaux sociaux

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: normal;">Le conseil de presse britannique (PCC) prévoit étendre sa juridiction aux réseaux sociaux d'ici la fin de l'année. Dans ce but, il consulte actuellement les médias et leur demande de se doter d'une politique claire sur l'usage des outils de communication 2.0. De notre côté de l'Atlantique, le Conseil de presse du Québec (CPQ) a d'ores et déjà juridiction sur cet univers.</p>

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9 May

Documentary festival hits record attendance

Documentary film is more popular than ever — at least judging by the record-high attendance at this year’s Toronto-based Hot Docs festival. According to a press release, an estimated 151,000 […]

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9 May

Atlantic Journalism Award winners announced

Winners of the 30th Annual Atlantic Journalism Awards were announced this past weekend. Awards were presented in 30 categories, from TV, to print, to radio. The lifetime achievement award went […]

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6 May

The Obama/Osama mix-up

Perhaps you’ve seen it. After all, the YouTube video of a Global TV news anchor bungling Osama bin Laden’s name now has 72,000-plus views. But for those who haven’t: the […]

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6 May

New web tool for global community of investigative journos

The European Journalism Centre has a nice spotlight article on a new start-up called Investigative Dashboard. The ID, as its creators like to call it, is a multi-tasking website that […]

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6 May

Under an Afghan Sky: Canadian journalist Mellissa Fung releases memoir of 28 days in captivity

This week, journalist Mellissa Fung released a book describing the 28 days she spent in captivity in Afghanistan. Entitled Under an Afghan Sky: A Memoir of Captivity, the book recounts […]

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6 May

Radio-Canada: Christiane Charette accroche son micro

La Première Chaîne de Radio-Canada devra trouver une nouvelle voix pour accompagner ses auditeurs de 9h à 11h00 en semaine. Christiane Charette, qui tient la barre de cette case horaire […]

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6 May

No more escort ads: Why Eye Weekly will ditch ’em when it becomes The Grid

A few days ago, Eye Weekly publisher and editor-in-chief Laas Turnbull sent out this monumental tweet : “No more escort ads! That’s right: The Grid will be free of starburst-covered […]

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6 May

In-depth: Newspaper political endorsement

Earlier this week, we reported that the Toronto Star had chosen to endorse the NDP in Monday night’s election, but that others, such as The Globe and Mail and the […]

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