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16 Mar

Contest opens for (unpublished) creative non-fiction

Canadian literary and creative non-fiction journal EVENT has opened nominations for its annual non-fiction contest. Writers are invited to submit unpublished manuscripts “exploring the creative non-fiction form.” Winning entries are […]

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15 Mar

Radio France to withdraw reporters from Japan over radiation concerns

Radio France has decided to withdraw reporters that are covering Japan’s earthquake because of concerns over radiation from a series of nuclear accidents, Kyodo reports. The state-run radio station sent […]

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15 Mar

Larry Zolf, former CBC reporter and pundit, has died according to CBC TV.

CBC is reporting  that veteran journalist, Larry Zolf, has died at age 76.Zolf was a reporter, producer, critic and radio and TV host with CBC, writing a political column for […]

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15 Mar

Standing on the shoulders of a giant: George Bain, Canada’s first national affairs columnist

The uncompromising legacy of George Bain, Canada’s first national affairs columnist. This week we feature Iain Alec Bain’s story from the winter issue of The Ryerson Review of Journalism. By […]

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15 Mar

Mother. Journalist. What it’s like when the tables are turned

Two years ago, journalism professor Janice Neil was suddenly thrust into the middle of a harrowing incident, the near-death of her son. It was a big story, but nobody got […]

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15 Mar

How The Guardian went digital — and survived

We all want to know what’s going to happen to journalism in the next 10 years, 5 years, three months. The good news? Journalism has a bright future. The bad […]

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15 Mar

Journalist offered bribe to unpublish story

Toronto Star fashion journalist David Graham was recently offered a bribe to make a story disappear from the Star’s archives. Public editor Kathy English writes about a Toronto Star first: […]

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15 Mar

The competiton’s editor is going to court. Do you write the story?

Question: I have been covering court for my weekly newspaper for just over four years. Recently the editor of the competing newspaper was charged with impaired driving and failure/refusing to […]

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15 Mar

When the game ignores your deadline: Freelancing to the buzzer

By Chris Fox I’ve always known journalism can take you to some odd places. I just never thought one of them would be an empty student union building at four […]

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15 Mar

Idée – Le journalisme est mort, vive LES journalismes!

Collaboration spéciale: Marc-François Bernier (Ph. D.), Chaire de recherche en éthique du journalisme, Université d’Ottawa. Historiquement, les journalistes ont été à la fois les principaux cueilleurs, les premiers trieurs, les […]

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