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14 Oct

Canada must free scientists to talk to journalists

This is an interesting column on Right to Know Week and the viewpoint that Canadian scientists are muzzled by the government as Kathryn O’Hara asks “what happened to the transparency […]

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14 Oct

Mineurs chiliens: la folie médiatique

Des centaines de journalistes venus des quatre coins de la planète s’entassent depuis quelques jours dans un espace d’à peine 100 mètres carrés en plein désert d’Atacama pour couvrir l’histoire […]

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14 Oct

CTV Calgary appoints Tara Nelson as anchor

CTV Calgary has announced that anchor and foreign correspondent Tara Nelson will anchor the network’s News at Six starting in mid-November. Broadcaster Magazine reports: “‘We’re excited that Tara has chosen […]

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13 Oct

“The media interest about my hair was unbelievable”: Toronto Mayor David Miller

When Toronto Mayor David Miller ran for office in 2003, he was an underdog that badly needed a break. His early campaign slogan got the media’s attention: Magnificent leadership, magnificent […]

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13 Oct

Lock-out au JdeM: quel impact sur le moral des troupes?

Hier, les journalistes et employés de bureau affiliés au Syndicat des travailleurs de l’information du Journal de Montréal (STIJM) ont rejeté en bloc la proposition patronale leur imposant notamment d’importantes […]

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13 Oct

How many journalists are covering Chile’s trapped miners?

Are you glued to footage of the rescue of 33 trapped miners? Thanks to 24-hour, live streamed coverage — the effort of hundreds of media outlets — you won’t have […]

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13 Oct

Le lock-out au Journal de Montréal se poursuit

Les journalistes et employés de bureau affiliés au Syndicat des travailleurs de l’information du Journal de Montréal (STIJM) ont rejeté massivement la proposition de règlement de conflit de leur patron, […]

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12 Oct

The future of investigative journalism

Brant Houston, Knight Chair in Investigative and Enterprise Reporting at the University of Illinois, has written a useful summary of current issues in the field of U.S. investigative journalism. Houston […]

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12 Oct

33 trapped miners + 150 media outlets + Chilean desert road = 17 journalist injuries

750 journalists have descended on a dusty, otherwise uninhabited stretch of Chilean desert to catch a glimpse of rescue efforts to evacuate 33 miners that have been trapped for two […]

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12 Oct

Journalism in the Age of Data

Very cool video on communicating data, on visualizations and how to make data more accessible.

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