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8 Mar

Journalistes québécoises: 10 moments marquants

À l’occasion du 8 mars, Journée internationale de la femme, ProjetJ dresse un bref historique de l’avancée des femmes dans le journalisme québécois: 1891 Robertine Barry (alias Françoise) devient la […]

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8 Mar

The UBC J-School faces a change in leadership

The Director of the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of British Columbia, Mary Lynn Young, is leaving her job to take on a new role at the University. […]

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8 Mar

Journalism amid revolution

As events continue to unfold in the Arab world, recent J-Source posts tackle the role of journalism. Jaron Gilinsky’s survival guide to the Egyptian revolution explains why journalists need to […]

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7 Mar

From Sarajevo to Canada: Edmonton welcomes 2011s writer-in-exile

Edmonton’s new Writer-In-Exile of 2011 was celebrated at Audreys Books, on Sunday afternoon, March 6th. His first poetry book written in English, Sunrise in the Eyes of the Snowman, was […]

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7 Mar

Femmes journalistes: encore du chemin à parcourir

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Les femmes gagnent constamment du terrain dans les salles de rédaction québécoises, si bien qu'elles représentent désormais près la moitié (43%) des membres de la Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec. La proportion de femmes journalistes au Québec serait donc bien plus élevée qu'en Grande-Bretagne où à peine le tiers des journalistes sont des femmes, selon une étude menée par <a href="http://www.ebiquity.com/global/reputation-pr?whyhere=997">Echo Research</a> pour l'organisme Women in Journalism.</p>

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7 Mar

Elizabethtown, Pa hadn’t had a newspaper since 2009. Former AP reporter Dan Robrish changed that.

Just over a year ago, Dan Robrish, 39, quit his job covering the crime beat for the Associated Press in downtown Philadelphia. After 11 years, he had had enough. “When […]

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7 Mar

Star columnist Walter Stefaniuk, 72, dies

The Toronto Star reports that long-time reporter Walter Stefaniuk died Friday afternoon at St. Michael’s hospital in Toronto following complications from surgery. He was diagnosed with colon cancer last year. […]

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5 Mar

Reporters please leave – the opposition leader is going to speak

The Prime Minister’s Office has apologized for an incident at the Museum of Civilization Friday night, in which a PMO staffer hustled reporters out of the room after a speech […]

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5 Mar

Tributes for Jim Travers, former Ottawa Citizen Editor and Toronto Star columnist

(UPDATED)The Toronto Star and Ottawa Citizen today published tributes to James (Jim) Travers. Maclean’s recalled the column that earned Travers a National Newspaper Award last year.  James Travers,  columnist and […]

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4 Mar

Le Buzz: amère fin de conflit au Journal de Montréal

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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