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24 Feb

Community media and diversity

Dublin,  24 February 2011.  The European section of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC-Europe) initiated today a three-day conference in Dublin, Ireland, to highlight community media’s contribution to […]

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24 Feb

Magazine editors on the dearth of female bylines

After several journalists counted female bylines in American magazines and found the numbers depressingly unequal, Elissa Strauss asked the magazines to explain. An earlier story by VIDA found that The […]

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24 Feb

Chantal Hbert, Robert Russo to emcee National Newspaper Awards

Toronto Star political columnist Chantal Hébert and Canadian Press Ottawa bureau chief Robert Russo will emcee the 62nd National Newspaper Awards on May 13. The event will be held in […]

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24 Feb

Blogging isn’t dead — it’s evolving

On Gigaom.com, Mathew Ingram takes issue with a New York Times story that claimed blogging is on its way out. The NYT cites Pew Centre research, noting that the data […]

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24 Feb

Professors beware: Perfectionism hurts research output

Professors who are perfectionists are less likely to produce and publish research, a new study concludes. “The more perfectionistic the professor, the less productive they are,” says a Dalhousie University […]

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24 Feb

Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Community Radio Initiators

The second “Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Community Radio Initiators” was taken place on 23 February 2011 at IDB Bhaban meeting room, Agargaon, Dhaka. The program was organized by Bangladesh NGOs […]

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24 Feb

CTV BC launches mobile newscast

CTV British Columbia has launched CTV News Digital Edition, a three-minute local noon newscast designed specifically for smartphones — the first of its kind. The show is hosted by CTV […]

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24 Feb

CBSC rules sexualization of children breaches code

The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council has issused its ruling about a complaint against the morning show Roz & Mocha on CKIS-FM (KISS 92.5 Toronto). The complaint state that the hosts […]

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24 Feb

Rogers Media appoints Chief Digital Officer

Rogers Media has appointed Jason Tafler to the newly-created position of Chief Digital Officer, where he will be responsible for strategic and operational leadership of Rogers’ digital division, a press […]

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24 Feb

Calling all BC journalists: fellowship applications open

The Jack Webster Foundation has opened applications for several fellowships available to BC journalists, including two to the Poynter Institute. Deadline is Feb. 25. 

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