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4 Oct

Un journaliste piégé par un fixeur… en banlieue française

Le dernier numéro de l’hebdomadaire français Le Point présente une double page sur la polygamie dans les banlieues. Il raconte l’histoire d’une épouse d’un homme polygame rencontrée grâce à un […]

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4 Oct

Winners announced for Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation awards

The Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation awards excellence in agricultural journalism. The 2010 winners include: Television news reporting: Gold: Natalie Osborne Biosensor Bacteria Silver: Carol Moore Honeybees – What’s happened? Bronze: […]

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1 Oct

Guide for Western journalists covering Islam

Do you know what Jihad means? The difference between “Muslim” and “Arab”? Michigan State University’s School of Journalism has published a manual of best practices for journalists reporting on Islam. […]

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1 Oct

Algonquin College launches Canada’s first community-funded news site

Algonquin College has launched Gojournalism.ca, a community-funded journalism site. The site, which is modelled after California’s successful Spot.us, is the product of an open-source research project funded by Algonquin. A […]

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1 Oct

Le Buzz: briseurs de grève et Maclean’s

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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1 Oct

Hunter S. Thompson’s application to Vancouver Sun

In a letter dated Oct. 1, 1958, Hunter S. Thompson applies for a job at the Vancouver Sun in typical gonzo fashion. He starts off by offering his services: “Since […]

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1 Oct

The Globe and Mail change de look

Imprimé depuis 166 ans, The Globe and Mail change aujourd’hui de visage autant dans sa version imprimée que sur Internet. Selon le rédacteur en chef, John Stackhouse, il s’agit du […]

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1 Oct

The limits of Twitter

After examining 1.2 billion tweets over a 2-month period, web analytics company Sysomos has found that 92% of retweets occur in the first hour and most tweets generate no response […]

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1 Oct

New Globe to compete with magazines, broadcasters for ads

In an article for Strategy, Katie Bailey writes about the new Globe redesign and what it means for both readers and advertisers. The story notes that the Globe‘s new format […]

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1 Oct

Rogers apologizes for Maclean’s cover story

In response to the controversial Maclean’s cover story about Quebec, Brian Segal, president of Rogers Publishing, says the company “sincerely regret[s] any offence that the cover may have caused.” A […]

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