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26 Aug

How journos rank PR reps

A study of journalists reveals what we think about PR reps: what irks us, what we think they should do differently and how often we use their story ideas. The […]

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25 Aug

RueMasson.com peut-il être rentable?

<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;">Depuis maintenant 7 mois, cinq journalistes montréalais scrutent l'actualité du Vieux Rosemont avec leur loupe numérique: RueMasson.com. Ce site d'information hyperlocale est consacré à un territoire qui compte moins de 35 500 personnes, pourtant il a réussi à attirer 10 000 visiteurs uniques en juin et compte près de 1500 fans sur Facebook.</p>

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25 Aug

What you missed at AEJMC 2010

Didn’t make it to the annual Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference in Denver earlier this month? Christina Mueller reports on what today’s j-education leaders are saying. […]

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25 Aug

NYT wins APME award

A New York Times investigative health piece has won a public service award for an investigative piece from Associated Press Managing Editors association (APME). APME is an association of editors […]

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25 Aug

Journalist David Lees passes away

David Lees, a Canadian magazine writer, died Tuesday in Toronto at the age of 63, Masthead reports, writing: “Since 1977, Lees has won eight medals, two gold and six silver […]

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25 Aug

Nieman launches iPhone app

The Nieman Journalism Lab has created a new Apple app for sharing stories. On a Nieman blog post, Joshua Benton writes: “Every day, there are 16 gazillion news articles about […]

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25 Aug

Online tools for long-form journalism

Poynter Online’s Mallary Jean Tenore looks at how technology is giving long-form journalism another chance at survival. “Five guys,” Tenore writes, “…have found ways to use Web tools to renew […]

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25 Aug

The evolving definition of fact

An article by the New York Times‘ Virginia Heffernan describes a decade of transformation in the fact-checking department – and what it means online. To give readers a taste of […]

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24 Aug

Quatre journalistes quittent TVA

Après avoir perdu son courriériste parlementaire à Québec, Alexis Deschênes, TVA perd quatre autres journalistes. Maryse Gagnon et Yves Malo rejoignent les rangs de Radio-Canada, tandis que François Pouliot et […]

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24 Aug

The story behind the hot banker story

You’ve probably heard of Debralee Lorenzana – the New York City banker who was essentially fired for being too hot. How do you know? The author explains how her story […]

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