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6 Oct

Howard Kurtz leaves Washington Post, joins website

Washington Post veteran Howard Kurtz, who the New York Times describes as the embodiment of “insider Washington media reporting”, is leaving the paper to join news site The Daily Beast. […]

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6 Oct

New resource centre for journalists covering science

<p><a href="http://www.sciencemediacentre.ca/smc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Science Media Centre </a>(SMC) is a new resource that aims to help scientists and writers connect. It is an independent, not-for-profit organization that wants to help general assignment reporters access the experts and evidence-based research they need to cover science in the news (i.e. the new marine census).<br /><br />The SMC <a href="http://www.sciencemediacentre.ca/smc/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=77&Itemid=76&lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">site </a>says:<br />

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6 Oct

CBC News Balance study: Canadians believe quality of journalism in decline

CBC has released its most comprehensive analysis of news content, The News Balance Report. The CBC’s Jennifer McGuire writes: “So what have we learned? First and foremost, that Canadians are […]

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6 Oct

Marissa Nelson on Googlebots, Twitter and CoverItLive

I attended a great workshop at Wordstock on Oct 2. It was Writing on Different Platforms, led by Marissa Nelson. Marissa is someone to keep tabs on. Here’s why. The […]

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6 Oct

Politician accuses Windsor Star of conflict of interest

Windsor mayoral hopeful Rick Limoges has accused the Windsor Star of a conflict of interest, claiming election coverage unfairly favours Mayor Eddie Francis. The mayor’s long-time chief of staff, Norma […]

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6 Oct

Kevin Crull to be CTVglobemedia chief operating officer

Kevin Crull, currently the president of Bell Canada’s residential division, will join CTVglobemedia as chief operating officer starting January 1, 2011. At Bell, where he has worked for five years, […]

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6 Oct

One human truth: what your story is missing

I walked out of Thane Burnett’s workshop on short feature writing at Wordstock on Oct. 2 feeling like a giant roadblock had  been removed. My favourite subjects are ones that […]

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5 Oct

Ian Brown on why you should write

There’s never been a better time to be a storyteller. Writer Ian Brown on escaping the 24-hour news cycle and the hidden opportunity for long-process, long-form journalism.In the final days […]

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5 Oct

Stackhouses new Globe

On the eve of the biggest redesign in the Globe and Mail’s history, editor-in-chief John Stackhouse stood before a group of people and announced: “Newspapers 1.0 is dead.” Enter the […]

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5 Oct

The Gazette porte plainte contre Radio-Canada

La semaine dernière, l’émission Enquête de Radio-Canada crevait une nouvelle fois l’écran avec un dossier sur les prêtres pédophiles de la congrégation de Sainte-Croix. Le réseau public a présenté l’enquête […]

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