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16 Mar

The Walrus on editing a story by a convicted murderer

Usually, if you write a cover story for The Walrus, the process is relatively straightforward. Not so with the April issue, which features an essay about freedom written by a […]

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16 Mar

Off the record: Confidential sources and the courts

By Melissa Wilson, Associate Editor, Precedent Magazine.An ethical dilemma: Is it okay to steal a loaf of bread to feed your starving family? Ethicists and scholars have been debating this […]

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16 Mar

Canadian journalists in Japan: at risk?

*this story has been updated as phone calls are returned Canadian media editors are keeping close tabs on the radiation risks to their staff in Japan. Cliff Lonsdale reports. Radio […]

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16 Mar

Need a source? 5 online resouces

<p>Five websites offer time-strapped journos quick access to sources,<a href="http://ijnet.org/stories/5-ways-find-sources-online" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> The International Journalists' Network</a> (IJN) reports.<br />

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16 Mar

Every Cond Nast magazine to launch digital edition in 2011

Rick Levine, an executive for U.S. magazine giant Condé Nast, says that “we like this technology so much” that, by the end of the year, all of its 20+ magazines […]

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16 Mar

New online-only literary journal — only the under-40 crowd need apply

Dragnet magazine is a new quarterly online literary journal that bills itself as “young, beautiful and flexible” — it’s offered in four formats and contributors are all under 40. The […]

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16 Mar

Radio-Canada: Nouvelle patronne pour la Première Chaîne

La direction de Radio-Canada a annoncé ce matin la nomination de Anne Sérode au poste de directrice de la Première Chaîne. Elle est actuellement cheffe des émissions d’Espace Musique. Pur […]

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16 Mar

Three women promoted in CBC management shuffle

In the post-Richard Stursberg era, the CBC has promoted three women in its top management ranks, The Hollywood Reporter reports. Christine Wilson, executive director for CBC network programming, has been […]

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16 Mar

G&M TV columnist on Japan disaster coverage: too deferential and ignorant of nuclear issues

John Doyle says while he’s found TV news coverage of the Japan disaster filled with “confusion, weirdness and fear,” he’s especially critical of how they’ve reported nuclear issues.  The Globe […]

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16 Mar

Women in the field: changing the face of journalism

Ryerson University’s Journalism Research Centre has published the full lineup for its full-day symposium about women in journalism. Various workshops and speakers (including Jan Wong, Anne-Marie Mediwake and Gillian Findlay) […]

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