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5 Oct

Encouraging signs: is investigative journalism on the rise again?

While tough times generally put intense pressure on investigative journalism, the last two weeks have provided evidence that solid reporting can still create significant impact across the country.  A number […]

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5 Oct

Interviewing etiquette: a refresher

To err is human. Consider the Students’ Lounge a safe space, where you can learn how to mitigate any slip-up. My first post as the SL’s new editor is about […]

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5 Oct

Television: problem to be managed or instrument to be played?

Long-time television producer and broadcast journalist-turned-j-school professor Alan Echenberg on how to inspire great TV journalism. As someone who has worked in TV journalism for most of my adult life, […]

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5 Oct

When is news judgment another name for censorship?

Micheal Vonn, a lawyer who teaches the ethics of librarianship, on banning books, placement calls, and why stocking library shelves is a lot like selecting stories for tomorrow’s paper (and […]

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5 Oct

Journalism teachers are failing their students

<p><span style="font-style: italic;"><img align="left" alt="Wayne MacPhail" border="0" hspace="5" src="http://www.journalismproject.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/images/content_images/Wayne_MacPhail.jpg" style="width: 131px; height: 106px;" title="Wayne MacPhail" />The students </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Wayne MacPhail </span><span style="font-style: italic;">sees know practically nothing about the online world or emerging media; their journalistic training reaches only a tentative few feet beyond the same traditional media it always has.

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5 Oct

Who must worry about journalistic ethics? Nobody (if they don’t want to): David Frum

Outsourcing quality control, optional media ethics, and personal journalistic networks are some of the trends David Frum saw when he surveyed the North American media landscape. He presented his findings […]

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5 Oct

Design buzz

Depending on how you look at it, the new Globe and Mail is smaller and crinklier, or leaner, sleeker and better dressed. On the eve of the re-launch, editor John […]

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5 Oct

Crise d’Octobre: les journalistes se souviennent

«La crise d’Octobre, pour nous, c’est l’équivalent de l’assassinant de John F. Kennedy pour les Américains», soulignent plusieurs artisans de Radio-Canada dans le cadre de l’édition spéciale de l’émission Tout […]

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4 Oct

Bazzo Bazzo célèbre les 50 ans de Châtelaine

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i>Châtelaine</i> célèbre cette semaine son cinquantième anniversaire. Pour marquer le coup, la doyenne des publications féminines québécoises lance un numéro commémoratif et un site web, <a href="http://www.femmesdeparole.com/">femmedeparole.com</a>, qui présentera des entrevues avec 50 femmes qui ont marqué et marquent encore l'histoire du Québec.</p>

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4 Oct

Job ad tries to be hip, fails

Think new media is selling real journalism down the river? Then prepare to feel vindicated for — at least the length of time it takes to read this article. Houston […]

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