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8 Feb

The Liberation Treatment: How the audience is changing health reporting

By Karen OwenCTV Calgary Here’s part of the introduction to my story which led the CTV Calgary 6 pm newscast on December 16, 2010:  “After incredible public pressure, the Alberta […]

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8 Feb

Why we shouldn’t ban citizen journalists from torture case

Robert Remington, an editor for the Calgary Herald, writes that a Calgary court’s recent ban barring the public and citizen journalists from a high-profile torture case is “potentially dangerous.” Provincial […]

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8 Feb

Secrets, strategies and whistleblowers

Earlier this month I took part in a discussion at the University of Manitoba about the ethics of Wikileaks. During the debate, I thought it was important to outline how […]

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8 Feb

Embed an expert: Mozilla offers news orgs access to digital innovators

It’s not always easy for a print dinosaur to transition into the online world. In these days of bleeding budgets and shrinking newsrooms, not a lot of news orgs have […]

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8 Feb

Hey, new grads: I can guarantee you a job in journalism

<p>Joe Banks can guarantee you a career in journalism. Writing for <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20110213001651/http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/journalism/4240379/story.html#ixzz1DOHJslij" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Ottawa Citizen</a>, the Algonquin College j-prof offers the comforting guarantee to new grads. Of course, there are caveats...<br /><br />1. Get a driver's license (most small towns don't have transit)<br />2. Be prepared to work for "starting" wages<br />3. Be prepared to leave the city for small town newspapers<br />

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8 Feb

What’s up with the CRTC and the PMO?

Two recent CRTC decisions smell of business interests trumping the public interest – allowing usage-based Internet billing and relaxing truth in broadcasting requirements. In this context, news that the prime […]

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8 Feb

CBC reporter’s first night in Egypt

In last Friday’s episode of The Current, CBC’s Heba Ali recounts her first night in Egypt in a simple yet disturbing narrative. Her story begins with an eventful drive from […]

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7 Feb

Globe series highlights five Charles Taylor nominees

A new five-part Globe and Mail series pits five Charles Taylor Prize finalists against each other to debate a question a day. The prize — which includes a $25,000 awared […]

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7 Feb

Ignore the media: don’t believe the Taliban have changed

The Taliban are not softening on girls’ education, as some media have reported says Lauryn Oates, a Canadian aid worker and women right’s activist in Afganistan.On Jan. 14, the U.K.’s […]

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7 Feb

Toronto radio station has licence revoked

A community radio station has had its licence revoked by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. CKLN-FM breached “numerous regulations and conditions of licence” and failed to involve the local […]

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