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24 Feb

RTNDA’s Lifetime Achievement Award – Prairie winners

The Association of Electronic Journalists (RTNDA) has announced that Tim Spelliscy and Jim Smalley will receive the organization’s 2011 Lifetime Achievement Awards in the Prairie Region. Tim Spelliscy began his […]

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23 Feb

Jennifer Wells new visiting j-school chair

Clarification/update: Wells, as noted, is a visiting chair — not the overall chair. Jennifer Wells is Ryerson University’s newest visiting chair for the School of Journalism in 2011. The York […]

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23 Feb

Unique new graduate journalism program at King’s College

By Martha Troian A new Master of Journalism program offered at University of King’s College in Halifax aims to prepare students for an uncertain future. “Our world of journalism is […]

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23 Feb

La convergence Radio-Canada/Gesca existe-t-elle?

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Le phénomène Radio-Gesca, soit une collaboration étroite entre Radio-Canada et le groupe Gesca, propriétaire notamment du quotidien <i>La Presse</i>, existerait bel et bien. C'est ce que révèle une <a href="http://www.crej.ca/radiogesca.pdf">étude exploratoire</a> de la Chaire de recherche sur la francophonie canadienne en communication, spécialisée en éthique du journalisme (CREJ), de l'Université d'Ottawa.</p>

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23 Feb

MPs allowed to use apps to tweet, update Facebook

The House of Commons will now allow MPs to use social media apps like Twitter and Facebook on government-issued BlackBerrys, The Canadian Press reports. (Previously, active social media users like […]

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23 Feb

Nominations open for environmental reporting awards

The Society of Environmental Journalists has opened nominations for its annual journalism awards, which honour outstanding environmental coverage. The awards are open to journalists from any country. Deadline for entries […]

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23 Feb

140 characters in search of a story

Social media are reshaping political coverage in Ottawa. For better and for worse. This week, we feature Ashley Csanady‘s story from the winter issue of The Ryerson Review of Journalism.Kady […]

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23 Feb

Journalism: literature in hyperdrive

<p><span style="font-style: italic;"><img align="Left" alt="Lauren Pelley" border="0" height="100" hspace="5" src="http://www.journalismproject.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/images/content_images/Lauren%20Pelley.JPG" style="width: 100px; height: 100px;" title="Lauren Pelley" vspace="5" width="100" />Journalism is fast -- and getting faster. So what is good, responsible journalism in our modern era? J-student <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lauren Pelley</span> reports. </span><br /><br />“Journalism is literature in a hurry.”<br />

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23 Feb

Finding the words

What do words reveal? How do you describe the pain — the sheer anxiety — of getting those words from brain to paper to the streets? What do you do […]

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23 Feb

Storify makes content curation smarter, more useful

From covering the uprising in Egypt to gauging the public’s reaction to a proposed Toronto transit fare hike, Storify allows journalists to aggregate social media as a means of storytelling, […]

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