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4 Jan

CBC Radio to broadcast “This American Life”

CBC Radio One has added journalistic non-fiction talk show This American Life to its overnight lineup, starting Sunday: the first Canadian broadcast for the popular U.S. show, which is currently […]

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4 Jan

Let’s be better journalists in 2011

Coming up with New Year’s resolutions for journalists isn’t difficult. After all, the basic principles are clear cut. However, sticking to simple principles requires perseverance, integrity and commitment year round. […]

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4 Jan

Toronto Maple Leafs GM plays defence with reporters

Brian Burke is the general manager of one of the most popular teams in Canada and the NHL but the media aren’t popular with him: he has referred to reporters […]

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4 Jan

No pulse left at Citytv

In the latest issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism, Lindsey Aubin takes a look at how “Toronto’s pioneering station went from everywhere to nowhere as good as it used […]

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4 Jan

Secrecy and journalism

Paul Knox asks, as a news organization, what do you actually do when someone dumps 250,000 secret diplomatic cables on your electronic doorstep? How do you sift through the bonanza, […]

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4 Jan

Ken Whyte now in charge of all Rogers’s English and French consumer publishing

Ken Whyte’s duties now include responsibility for all English and French consumer publications owned by Rogers Publishing Ltd., D.B. Scott reports. The move was announced today by president and CEO […]

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4 Jan

Hockey team bans sports editor

Tom Gaglardi, owner of the Kamloops Blazers hockey team here in my hometown, has decided the sports editor of the Kamloops Daily News doesn’t get access to anyone on his […]

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4 Jan

Chine: les blogueurs bousculent l’ordre établi

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i>Par Anne-Julie Harvey et Christian Labarre-Dufresne, étudiantes à l'Université Laval</i></p>

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4 Jan

Tom Hanson Photojournalism internship deadline Jan 7

<p>The<a href="http://cjf-fjc.ca/awards_tomhanson" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Tom Hanson Photojournalism Award</a> offers a young photojournalist the chance to break into the business and perform on the national stage through a six-week internship with The Canadian Press. The deadline for the 2011 award is January 7.<br /><img align="Baseline" alt="By Adrien Veczan" border="0" height="301" hspace="0" src="http://www.journalismproject.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/images/content_images/g20.jpg" title="By Adrien Veczan" vspace="5" width="448" />

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4 Jan

Veteran Newfoundland broadcaster for VOCM, Elmer Harris, has died.

A long-time radio broadcaster for VOCM has died at the age of 71.  Elmer Harris joined VOCM (a privately owned station known for its connection with the average working-class listener; […]

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