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21 Mar

Les 7 commandements du reportage scientifique

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i>Par Annie Labrecque et Jean-François Cliche</i></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Crainte. Amour-haine. Indifférence. La relation qu’entretiennent la plupart des journalistes avec la science se vit de bien des manières, mais elle est rarement heureuse. Pour diverses raisons, les médias généralistes parlent peu de science, en parlent plutôt mal et ceux qui s’y brûlent s’arrangent habituellement pour qu’on ne les y reprennent plus.</p>

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21 Mar

Libya releases detained New York Times journos

Six days ago, four New York Times journalists were reported missing. It was later learned that the four were detained by the Libyan government. They were released today under the […]

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21 Mar

Four New York Times journos missing in Libya

Four New York Times correspondents in Libya have failed to check in with the paper since Tuesday morning and are considered missing. CNN notes that NYT editors received secondhand info […]

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21 Mar

British broadcasters get exclusive rights to royal wedding

Prince William and Kate Middleton’s April 29 wedding is expected to attract the largest TV audience in history (one estimate puts it at 35% of the world’s population). The BBC […]

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21 Mar

Japan coverage lacks planning, perspective, focus

To combat the sensational and context-less tendencies of 24-hour live coverage, news organizations should implement disaster coverage strategies ahead of time, Tim Goodman writes for The San Franscisco Chronicle, adding […]

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21 Mar

Neelam Verma joins Sun News as morning show host

Neelam Verma has joined Sun News as host of the network’s early morning news show First Look, the Toronto Sun reports. She formerly worked for CNN International in India, and […]

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18 Mar

Le buzz: la révolution numérique

Chaque vendredi, «le Buzz» revient sur les sujets qui ont attiré le plus votre attention sur notre site et notre fil Twitter au cours de la semaine. Au cours des […]

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18 Mar

Google algorithm designed to favour original content

To combat the profliferation of sites designed only to attract Google’s SEO bots, the search giant has refined its algorithm to favour sites that produce regular original content, The New […]

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18 Mar

The best Japan infographics

The Society for News Design has gathered together some of the most informative infographics produced by news organizations in response to the diasters in Japan. Also worth checking out: SND’s […]

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18 Mar

Titre professionnel: la FPJQ organise un vote

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Près de 10 ans après avoir rejeté massivement la création d'une carte de presse, les membres de la Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec (FPJQ) auront à nouveau à se prononcer sur la question le mois prochain. La fédération tiendra en effet trois séances d'information les 25, 29 et 30 mars dans le cadre du projet de création d'un titre professionnel. Elle procèdera ensuite à un vote électronique du 5 au 7 avril.</p>

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