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25 Jan

Taking back our journalism

On a frigid January night in Saskatchewan, the CBC’s Anna Maria Tremonti announced to a packed lecture hall that enough is enough. “It’s time to take our journalism back,” said […]

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24 Jan

La BBC met la hache dans le Web

La BBC réduira le budget de ses services en ligne de 25% au cours des deux prochaines années. En conséquence, elle fermera 200 sites web et supprimera 360 emplois. Le […]

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24 Jan

JdeM: deux ans de lock-out

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Il y a deux ans jour pour jour, la direction du <i>Journal de Montréal</i> déclenchait un lock-out. 731 jours plus tard, Quebecor n'est toujours pas parvenu à s'entendre avec ses syndiqués. En octobre dernier, 89,3% d'entre eux ont rejeté l'offre de règlement de conflit de leur patron. Depuis, les négociations ont peu avancé, explique le président du Syndicat des travailleurs de l'information du Journal de Montréal (STIJM), Raynald Leblanc.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b>«C'est l'enfer»</b></p>

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24 Jan

How to stop misspelling names

Mallary Jean Tenore is a frequent victim of journalism’s sixth most prevalent mistake: misspelled names. In an article for Poynter, she explains why journalists get names wrong, and how to […]

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24 Jan

Journalist Terrence Belford passes away

Freelance journalist Terrence Belford has died of cancer following a 42-year career in Canadian journalism, where he wrote for The Globe and Mail, Maclean’s and the Toronto Star, among others. […]

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24 Jan

Globe health reporter wins public policy award

Long-time Globe and Mail public health reporter André Picard has won the Hyman Solomon Award, which recognizes “a journalist whose work provides insights into the policy-making process in Canada, and […]

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24 Jan

Maclean’s iPad app built by U.S. developer

Rogers Publishing recruited the services of U.S. firm Built by the Factory to develop its iPad app for Maclean’s, which was released last month, D.B. Scott writes in his Canadian […]

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24 Jan

Why Canada needs more media analysis education

<p>We should be teaching our children how to understand news spin and "infortainment", writes Geoff Johnson in an article for <a href="http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=c34b5b39-c1ce-4aeb-8896-66cea19d5eb9" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Victoria Times Colonist</span></a>. Media analysis courses should be added to high school social studies lessons, giving kids the "opportunity to watch and discuss the same news story as reported from several different points of view, even from U.S. and Canadian perspectives," he writes.<br />

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24 Jan

CRTC seeks to relax broadcast restrictions

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission announced earlier this month that it seeks to relax broadcast restrictions for potentially false or misleading information. Writing for The Toronto Star, University of […]

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21 Jan

Le Buzz: la bouée de sauvetage Payette

Chaque vendredi, «le Buzz» revient sur les trois textes qui ont attiré le plus votre attention sur notre site et notre fil Twitter, selon nos statistiques. Cette semaine a été […]

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