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21 Oct

LaPointe’s moving on

Kirk LaPointe is leaving the Vancouver Sun to become the new CBC ombudsman. Here’s a link where he explains his new job.

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20 Oct

Newspaper readership deemed “strong”

NADbank’s Canadian newspaper readership numbers for 2009 are out and spinning. Statistics released by NADbank indicate 73 per cent of adults read a printed newspaper at least once druing the week (that figure rises […]

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20 Oct

Journalists in Chile trapped by human interest angle

By Claude Adams For the Chilean miners, as for the reporters who covered the story, the common theme of the 70-day drama in the desert was entrapment. The miners were […]

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20 Oct

Liberté de presse: le Canada recule

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Classé 19e au monde en 2009, le Canada est désormais au 21e rang du classement mondial de la liberté de presse de Reporters sans Frontières (RSF). Si sur 178, la 21e place peu sembler enviable, il y a de quoi sourciller au regard de la note globale canadienne. Celle-ci est en effet passée de 3,7 en 2009 à 7 en 2010, 0 étant la meilleure note (Finlande) et 105 la pire (Érythrée).</p>

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20 Oct

Another view of the new Globe

Toronto freelance journalist, Nick Fillmore, has looked at the revamped Globe and Mail for a piece he’s written that appears on a website for social change. While he’s found coverage […]

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20 Oct

Google ranks top 25 U.S. newspapers

Forget circulation numbers — Google PageRank is the real metric of online credibility. The search giant ranked the top 25 most authoritative U.S. newspapers. The New York Times gets a […]

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20 Oct

East African j-school to educate media owners

Aga Khan University’s j-school in East Africa aims to teach media owners about their responsibility to society, His Highness the Aga Khan said in Toronto earlier this week. Khalid Magram […]

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19 Oct

Windsors 2010 Elections: Editorials, Allegations and Opinions

The Windsor Star has been accused of having a “conflict of interest with the Mayor’s office,” allegedly reflected in opinions published in light of Windsor, Ontario’s current municipal elections, which […]

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19 Oct

Reuters reporter resigns over ethics policy

A journalist has resigned from Reuters Breakingviews, a financial news analysis site after breaching the company’s ethics policy. Reuters requires its writers disclose their financial interests in companies they’re reporting […]

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19 Oct

How to get a job: 8 tips

Deadlines for summer internships are coming up soon. Many of them lead to real jobs. Here are eight tips on how to stand out from the competition. When you go […]

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