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1 Sep

Le secret des journalistes est-il protégé?

Dans le cadre de la commission Bastarache, Me André Ryan, l’avocat du premier ministre Charest, a émis l’hypothèse hier que trois journalistes à qui Marc Bellemare a donné des entrevues […]

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1 Sep

Beyond J-School

MediaShift has introduced a new series that will look at the current state of journalism school, and how journalism education is rapidly changing. It’s already become clear that a journalism […]

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1 Sep

How to keep your cover letter out of the trash bin

Though summer internships are a while away, it’s important to keep your cover letter and resume fresh and current and, most of all, interesting, because when it comes to those […]

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1 Sep

Should newspapers publish photos of dead bodies?

A Prince George newspaper published a photo of a murder victim lying in a pool of blood. Was it the right thing to do? In a post for the blog […]

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1 Sep

Hockey blog accuses Toronto Sun of plagiarism

The Toronto Sun has been accused of plagiarizing a Maple Leaf blog’s translation of an article written in Czech. UPDATE: Toronto Sun editor-in-chief James Wallace has written a reply to […]

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1 Sep

Advice for Flare: “be more relevant”

A blogger critiques Flare, Vogue and Elle‘s September issues and suggests that Canada’s fashion authority need a complete overhaul. In a blog entry for “i think you should“, “xobolaji” quotes […]

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31 Aug

Access denied in BC’s open court system

Victoria Times Colonist reporters Louise Dickson, Lindsay Kines and Rob Shaw found case after case where B.C.’s courts routinely and wrongly deny access to information that should be available to […]

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31 Aug

Commission Bastarache: la couverture sur Twitter est-elle utile?

Depuis une semaine, la twittosphère québécoise a les yeux rivés sur les audiences de la Commission Bastarache. Mardi dernier, au premier jour du témoignage de l’ex-ministre de la Justice Marc […]

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31 Aug

Google tips for journalists

Google has offered up some tips and tricks for journalists looking to get the most out of their Googling. These tips were discussed by Google experts at the AAJA conference […]

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31 Aug

How to teach social media in J-school

<p><span style="font-style: italic;">Social media is so new, it's easy to claim you're an expert on the subject. But some journalism professors are finding ways to teach the new medium as part of the curriculum, writes <span style="font-weight: bold;">Alfred Hermida</span>. </span><br />

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