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2 Dec

Explainer.net to teach journos how to explain better

ProPublica and New York University launch Explainer.net, which aims to improve the way journalists explain their stories. Investigative journalism non-profit ProPublica has paired with New York University’s innovation in journalism […]

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1 Dec

Table rase sur le Conseil de presse

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Près de 40 ans après sa fondation, le Conseil de presse du Québec (CPQ) est à la croisée des chemins. En mai 2009, le président et le vice-président du conseil, Raymond Corriveau et Denis Plamondon, en claquaient la porte, incapables de s'entendre avec les entreprises de presse sur le rôle et le mandat de cet organisme tripartite formé de représentants des journalistes, des entreprises de presse et du public.</p>

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1 Dec

Robert Hurst to leave CTV

CTV News and Current Affairs president Robert Hurst has announced he will step down from the job he’s held since 2002. A successor has yet to be named, and Hurst […]

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1 Dec

Don’t call me a hacker: WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange

In an exclusive two-hour Forbes magazine interview with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, the boder-ambiguous leader talks about the future of whistleblowing and the problem with trying to pin a label […]

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1 Dec

Reader’s Digest slashes FT copy-editing, fact-checking jobs

Reader’s Digest‘s famed fact-checking and copy-editing departments have just taken a blow. Masthead reports that the magazine has cut all full-time jobs in both departments: “The move, which affects seven […]

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1 Dec

WikiLeaked cable calls out CBC for stereotyping Americans

Among the thousands of leaked documents released by whistleblowing site WikiLeaks this week is a cable warning Washington that certain CBC programs perpetuate negative American stereotypes, at the potential cost […]

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1 Dec

HuffPo in T.O.: convergence is the future

Arianna Huffington, founder, publisher and editor-in-chief of news site Huffington Post, thinks newspapers are always going to be around, and that Canada is on the right track to a bright […]

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1 Dec

In SEO writing, algorithms replace journalists

CBC’s Ira Basen talks about the value of search capabilities his new documentary Engineering Search: The story of the algorithm that changed the world, where he explores the past present […]

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1 Dec

University of Calgary students win Facebook free speech battle

Students Steven and Keith Pridgen were suspended from the University of Calgary two years ago, for comments they made against their Law and Society course professor in November 2007, on […]

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30 Nov

Quebecor crie au règlement de compte

Accusée lors du congrès de la Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec (FPJQ) d’avoir dicté un texte à la défense de son patron Pierre-Karl Péladeau, la directrice de la section […]

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