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30 Mar

Reporting evacuation: rule evasion or evolution?

In these days of SEO-friendly headlines, long-standing language rules are often ignored — like the one that says you can evacuate places, but not people. Judy Maddren, former CBC grammar […]

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30 Mar

Online editions not the death knell for print: study

A new study has concluded that “online editions are not the death knell for printed newspapers.” The report from the Newspaper Audience Databank Inc. (NADbank) reports that 80% of Canadian […]

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30 Mar

Deadline approaches for j-student and j-prof awards

The deadline for two RTNDF awards are just days away. The Association of Electronic Journalists offers nine scholarships to j-students. It also awards the Michael Monty Memorial Award to a […]

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30 Mar

Kthe Lemon named Alberta editor of the year

Käthe Lemon has been named Alberta editor of the year at the Alberta Magazine Awards. Lemon is editor of Avenue Calgary magazine and editorial director of RedPoint Media Group Inc. […]

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30 Mar

Côte d’Ivoire: journalistes évacués d’Abidjan

Texte modifié post-publication Après des jours d’attente dans l’angoisse, une quinzaine de journalistes ivoiriens basés à Abidjan ont été évacués ce matin avec le concours de l’Organisation des Nations Unies […]

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30 Mar

Conrad Black: Journalism’s narcissism will be its downfall

Speaking at a hotel in New York, former media baron Conrad Black criticized the media — specifically newspapers — for “collective narcissism” that has left the industry vulnerable to the […]

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30 Mar

International media executives to meet at The Summit at Banff

The U.S.-based Paley Center for Media and the Banff World Media Festival have announced The Summit at Banff, an invite-only event for senior executives from international media organizations, Brodcaster Magazine […]

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30 Mar

“A new kind of monster”: Globe crime reporter on Russell Williams

Globe and Mail crime reporter Tim Appleby doesn’t think convicted rapist and murderer Russell Williams is a psychopath. “He is not even close to being one,” he writes in his […]

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29 Mar

A Guardian audit, an “ethics examiner”, a slugger’s coverage and other rewards of an hour with a journal.

Sometimes I wonder why I still subscribe to academic journals in print, but tonight is not such a time. True, sooner or later, every journal’s content will be available in […]

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29 Mar

JdeM: les journalistes ne se bousculent pas au portillon

Mise à jour, le 4 avril: Seuls 23 syndiqués se sont portés volontaires pour obtenir l’un des 42 postes à pourvoir dans la salle de rédaction du Journal de Montréal. […]

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