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10 Feb

UK upholds right of press to report on tweets

The UK’s Press Complaints Commission has upheld the right of the press to report on Twitter updates, in response to a London-based UK government employee’s complaint that a newspaper’s publication […]

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10 Feb

Today’s Parent EIC announces departure

MastheadOnline reports that Caroline Connell has announced that she’s leaving her role as editor in chief of Today’s Parent, effective February 18. She’s held the position since 2006, and has […]

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9 Feb

AJIQ: recours collectif contre trois éditeurs

L’Association des journalistes indépendants du Québec (AJIQ) a publié hier un avis public pour demander aux pigistes de se manifester dans le cadre du recours collectif qu’elle intente contre trois […]

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9 Feb

Should newsrooms seek more Facebook fans, or better ones?

When it comes to newsroom Facebook fans, it quality more important than quantity? The blog Journalistics offers some pros and cons. On the one hand, more fans means more a […]

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9 Feb

Inbound CEO cleans house at CTV

Several veteran CTV exeuctives are leaving in advance of the company’s acqusition by BCE Inc.’s Bell Canada. Bell’s Kevin Crull, the CEO-in-waiting to replace CTV CEO Ivan Fecan, told employees […]

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9 Feb

Photojournalist attacked in Cairo

Andrew Burton, an American freelance photojournalist was shooting the protests in Cairo when the crowd attacked him. Burton has posted some incredible photos to his blog. He wrote a post […]

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8 Feb

Publisher Henry Burgoyne dies

Henry Burgoyne, a fourth generation member of a 104-year family newspaper dynasty in St. Catharines, died yesterday from cancer at the age of 61. Following his family’s lead, Burgoyne became […]

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8 Feb

Windsor cartoonist Bob Monks dies

Windsor cartoonist Bob Monks has died, the Windsor Star reports. The Star’s Ted Shaw interviewed Monks — who is something of a local legend — last November. Monks wrote Bob […]

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8 Feb

Le CRTC pense revoir les normes de la radiodiffusion

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Le Conseil de radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes (CRTC) examine la possibilité d'assouplir les normes de la radiodiffusion. Il suggère de remplacer «il est interdit au titulaire de diffuser toute nouvelle fausse ou trompeuse» par «il est interdit au titulaire de diffuser toute nouvelle qu’il sait fausse ou trompeuse et qui constitue ou qui risque de constituer un danger pour la vie, la santé ou la sécurité du public». Le Conseil a lancé un appel à observations à ce sujet.

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8 Feb

Chris Jones: Not all Smurfs and sunshine

The brooding moral universe of writer Chris Jones. This week, we feature Matthew Scianitti’s story from the winter issue of The Ryerson Review of Journalism. Chris Jones dials a number […]

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