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27 Aug

Why data sites need journalists

An article in the UK’s Guardian explains why data needs journalists (and vice versa). The Guardian‘s John Keenan writes: “According to Alfred Harmsworth, founder of both the Daily Mirror and […]

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27 Aug

How the media covered the BP spill

A new study examines 2,900 American media stories about the Gulf oil spill disaster, from the day of the oil rig explosion to the day after BP CEO Tony Hayward’s […]

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27 Aug

Listen live: journos-turned-entrepreneurs

From 11 to noon today listen to CIUT’s “Career Buzz” to hear two journalists explain why they become entrepreneurs. Career Buzz writes: “One journalist becomes an entrepreneur, another supports music […]

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27 Aug

J-School offers no job guarantees

A recent and successful Carleton journalism graduate says j-school has a lot to offer students these days, but not the one thing most of them want – a job in journalism.  […]

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26 Aug

La SRC revoit ses normes et pratiques journalistiques

<style type="text/css"> <!--{cke_protected}{C}%3C!%2D%2D%0A%40page%20%7B%20margin%3A%202cm%20%7D%0AP%20%7B%20margin-bottom%3A%200.21cm%20%7D%0A%2D%2D%3E--></style> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">La Société Radio Canada (SRC) prépare depuis plus d'un an une refonte de la bible de ses journalistes, le guide Normes et pratiques journalistiques. L'édition actuelle du document est relativement récente. Elle a en effet été modifiée pour la dernière fois en septembre 2004. Néanmoins, au cours des six dernières années, la profession a changé.</p>

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26 Aug

Fashion gets fat

Those who predicted the death of fashion mags should have waited for the flurry of fat September issues hitting newsstands now, writes fashion reporter Derick Chetty in an article for […]

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26 Aug

CRTC says community television must include citizens

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission issued new broadcast rules that say community members must be involved in the creation of at least half of a community TV channel’s programming, […]

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26 Aug

War reporter launches comic book

War reporter David Axe has reported from some of the world’s toughest environments, his stories appearing in newspapers, TV spots, blog posts and most popular of all, comic books. His […]

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26 Aug

The Tea Makers R.I.P.

The long-running CBC insiders blog, The Tea Makers, stopped publication recently raising.  speculation around its demise. The anonymous blog was started during the 2005 CBC strike, but evolved into a […]

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26 Aug

If your kid wants to be a writer…

Aspiring authors from Ontario can enter the Super Stories Contest with a short story about how they’d make the Earth a greener place. The contest is hosted by TVOKids, the […]

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