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8 Nov

Transform tweets into daily paper

Paper.li is a site that allows Twitter to aggregate their linked stories and display in a newspaper format. Paper.li bills itself “A great way to stay on top of all […]

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8 Nov

Data crunch reveals untold stories of Toronto’s WW2 fallen

Collaborative community news site OpenFile.ca dug through the City of Toronto’s archives for information about local soldiers killed during World War 2. After crunching the data, they found a wealth […]

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8 Nov

CJFE concerned by reports of Canadian journalist Khadija Abdul Qahaars death

Written by Julie Payne Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) is deeply concerned by reports that have surfaced that Canadian journalist Khadija Abdul Qahaar may have died. Qahaar had converted […]

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8 Nov

How social media is shakin’ up journalism: event

How is social media changing journalistic work habits, techniques and ethics? On November 24, four journalists will discuss how their work is shaping the new media world — and vice […]

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8 Nov

Never mind WikiLeaks, France turns anti-leak

France’s top reporters are being robbed, not only of their belongings, but also of their free speech.  Working hand-in-hand with the French internal security service Division Centrale du Renseignement Intérieur […]

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8 Nov

Pay your writers, or else! Signed: the internet.

Thursday afternoon, users on Facebook, Twitter, LiveJournal and reporters from the mainstream media joined forces to expose a miscreant editor and restore justice in the blogosophere.  When Monica Gaudio, a […]

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5 Nov

Le Buzz: Joël Legendre… encore

Chaque vendredi, «le Buzz» revient sur les trois textes qui ont attiré le plus votre attention en piochant dans nos tweets et nos articles sur la base de nos statistiques. […]

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5 Nov

De la montréalisation à la plateau-isation de l’info

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Plus de la moitié (53%) des journalistes membres de la Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec (FPJQ) habitent Montréal. Pire, le tiers s'agglutinent sur un tout petit territoire de 16 km2, soit le Plateau Mont-Royal et ses quartiers adjacents. C'est le constat qu'a fait le magazine <i>Le Trente</i> en étudiant les codes postaux des membres de la fédération.</p>

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5 Nov

Associated Press’ multi-million digital overhaul

Associated Press Television News plans to undergo a multi-million-dollar infrastructure upgrade to provide high-definition images to the broadcast and digital photography industries. It also aims to increase the “depth and […]

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5 Nov

BBC news blackout as journalists strike over pensions

The BBC faces 48 hours of news blackout as its main TV and radio news program’s star presenters join a strike over pensions. The walkout is organized by the National […]

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