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22 Sep

CBC host shakeup

CBC’s announcement of two new suppertime hosts  comes with several other host changes. Anne-Marie Mediwake and Dwight Drummond will co-host the local evening news at CBC Toronto. In addition, Broadcaster […]

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22 Sep

Postmedia announces first recipient of Michelle Lang Fellowship

Postmedia Network Inc. has announced that Laura Stone of Ottawa (a former J-Source Student’s Lounge editor, pictured below) is the first recipient of the Michelle Lang Fellowship in Journalism.Michelle Lang, […]

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22 Sep

David Frum: For Britain’s press maybe being gay is more than enough

A rumour — even a juicy one — won’t usually tempt mainstream media into publishing an unsubstantiated news story. The British press, according to David Frum, is another story, to […]

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22 Sep

A hot and sweaty, down and dirty approach to political column writing

Proving political comment need not be dry, the often hilarious Heather Mallick, in the Toronto Star, imagines how Toronto will feel about “waking up” with a suddenly, incredibly, apparently landslide-bound […]

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21 Sep

Telus s’oppose aux contenus TV mobiles exclusifs

Telus a profité aujourd’hui des audiences du CRTC portant sur l’achat de Canwest Global par Shaw pour demander au Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes (CRTC) d’interdire aux […]

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21 Sep

Toronto Star anchor profile series

“The Toronto Star has launched a series of long profiles about Canada’s anchors, starting with Dawna Friesen and Lisa LaFlamme. Next up is Peter Mansbridge. The Star notes that LaFlamme […]

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21 Sep

Should journalists accept the Ross Munro award?

Canadian Press reporter Murray Brewster will be awarded the Ross Munro Media Award, sponsored by the Conference of Defence Associations and Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute. Some journalists think […]

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21 Sep

Anne-Marie Mediwake, Dwight Drummond to co-anchor CBC News Toronto

CBC has announced that Anne-Marie Mediwake and Dwight Drummond will co-anchor CBC News Toronto. Mediwake comes from CBC’s weekday morning news desk while Drummond comes from a 20-year career at […]

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21 Sep

“Explain what you want from us”: Mexican paper restricts drug war coverage after journalist murdered

A photojournalist working for a newspaper in Mexico’s most violent city has been murdered, bringing Mexico’s journalist death toll to 22 in just four years. In response, the paper will […]

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21 Sep

Terry Jones syndrome: Guidelines for responsible news selection

The question “Should the media cover a little-known pastor’s Koran-burning plan?” has been widely debated. Stephen J.A. Ward asks a larger question: “How is news selected?” He offers guidelines to […]

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