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24 Nov

Aide publique: l’avis de l’ex v-p du CRTC, Michel Arpin

L’État doit-il venir au secours de l’information? Certainement pas, répond l’ancien vice-président du Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes (CRTC), Michel Arpin. Pour lui, le principe d’une aide […]

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24 Nov

Head Tweeter wants to create news network

The co-founder of Twitter has told Reuters he wants to work with other news organizations to create a Twitter News Service. To read more about what Biz Stone envisions, click […]

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24 Nov

Interested in science journalism? Win $2,500 to fund your research

<p>The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) is offering two Canadian post-secondary students $2,500 apiece to write a feature story on a scientific topic. The deadline to apply for <a href="http://www.innovation.ca/en/Media/CFIEmergingScienceJournalistsAward" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The CFI Emerging Science Journalists Award</a> is Feb. 1, 2011. The money will be awarded to the successful applicants in April 2011.<br />

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24 Nov

The Globe’s community of commenters

The Nieman Journalism Lab examines the Globe and Mail’s Catalysts — a new community brain trust that offer the paper editorial direction and help hold comment sections to a higher […]

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23 Nov

Certification professionnelle: oui ou non?

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Après <i>La Presse</i>, voici que <a href="http://www.ledevoir.com/societe/medias/311527/protection-du-public-un-statut-pour-les-journalistes-professionnels-s-impose"><i>Le Devoir</i></a> publie une lettre ouverte concernant le statut professionnel des travailleurs de l'information. Richard E. Langelier, docteur en droit et spécialiste des médias, écrit qu'un statut pour les journalistes professionnels s'impose au nom de la protection du public.</p>

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23 Nov

UBC j-student class project featured on Globe and Mail site

As part of its “8 Discussions We Need to Have,” the Globe and Mail tackles industrial shrimp farming practices by following a team of 10 UBC masters of journalism students […]

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23 Nov

Texas court orders reporter to testify

Ann Louise Bardach and the New York Times have been fighting for five years to stop the reporter from being ordered to testify in the pre-trial of a Cuban anti-Castro […]

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23 Nov

The evolution of Minifie journalism lectures

The symbol -30- traditionally signifies the end of a story. It’s also the title of an anthology of the first three decades of the annual Minifie public lectures on journalism […]

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23 Nov

Waterloo protesters silence Blatchford

The University of Waterloo called off a speech by Globe and Mail columnist Christie Blatchford last Friday night after a small group of protesters accusing Blatchford of racism occupied the […]

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23 Nov

Exoneration 101

Investigative journalism, almost by definition, requires a significant commitment of time and resources – commodities that are in short supply at most news organizations. That’s why it makes perfectly good […]

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