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15 Mar

Japon: rapatriement de journalistes

Radio France, qui regroupe l’ensemble des radios publiques françaises, a annoncé aujourd’hui le rapatriement de la quasi-totalité de ses équipes du Japon suite à une nouvelle explosion dans le bâtiment […]

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15 Mar

Lost and bound: literary journalists turn to books

Now that literary journalism is all but gone from magazines, many writers are choosing to walk a perilous tightrope to books. Good luck with that. This week we feature Meghan […]

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15 Mar

Magazine company acquires Torontoist

Online news site Torontoist has been bought by St. Joesph Media, one of Canada’s largest magazine pulishing companies (and the largest privately-owned consumer mag publisher). The Globe and Mail calls […]

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15 Mar

Bloggers on the ground report on Japan’s disasters

The New York Times has profiled Global Voices, a volunteer-driven organization and platform that allows bloggers around the world to translate, aggregate and link to online content. NYT’s Jennifer Preston […]

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15 Mar

Flat-footed in Japan

With Asia bureaus dwindling, some North American news outlets were caught flat-footed by Japan’s earthquake, suggesting it’s time to update disaster coverage planning. A Time article argues the crisis will […]

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15 Mar

State of the Media: NPR the juggernaut

The New York Times‘ David Carr reports one of the few “bright spots” of the recently released State of the Media report is NPR, the “unlikely juggernaut” that was the […]

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15 Mar

Gregg Zaun joins Rogers Sportsnet

Gregg Zaun has signed a two-year deal with Rogers Sportsnet as its full-time Major League Baseball analyst. According to a Sportsnet press release, he will provide coverage for Sportsnet, Sportsnet […]

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15 Mar

Finalists announced for photojournalism awards

The News Photographers Association of Canada has announced the finalists for its annual photojournalism awards. The winners will be announced on May 28 in Winnipeg. 

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15 Mar

OLeary apologizes for “Indian giver” remark on CBC News

Kevin O’Leary, business commentator and co-host of The Lang & O’Leary Exchange on CBC News Network, has offered an apology for using the phrase “Indian giver” on-air last October. “In […]

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15 Mar

Nominations open for journalists: free speech defenders and editorial cartoonists

The Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom has opened nominations for its annual Press Freedom Award, available to a Canadian journalist that has made a “significant contribution to freedom of […]

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