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6 Aug

Journalist offered job as spy

Freelance journalist Mary Cuddehe was offered a job as a corporate spy to investigate a major company. She writes in a first-person feature for The Atlantic: “…just then my cell […]

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5 Aug

Journalist Bruce Garvey passes away

Hard-news journalist Bruce Garvey died at the age of 70 on Sunday from lung  cancer. He had 50-year career in journalism. A National Post obituary about the former Post columnist […]

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5 Aug

Torstar reports increase in profit, ad revenue

Torstar Corp., publisher of the Toronto Star, has reported growth in the second quarter of 2010 despite the high Canadian dollar. The Toronto Star reports: “Revenue was $376.5 million for […]

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4 Aug

Globe and Mail iPad app free…for now

The Globe and Mail has launched an iPad news app, available for free via iTunes for a two-month trial period. It quickly became one of the top free apps in […]

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4 Aug

Apply now for small and mid-size mag funding

Small and mid-size magazines (including digital) can apply for the Canadian Periodical Fund’s Business Innovation funding until Sept. 17. The fund is meant to support projects that innovate and create […]

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4 Aug

A photojournalist’s lament

A photojournalist suggests that the field is dead – and writers are next. Photo director Neil Burgess writes: “Magazines and newspapers are no longer putting any money into photojournalism. They […]

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4 Aug

Exposing Canada’s role in the asbestos debate

For most people, asbestos is the stuff we desperately try to remove from old buildings because of its cancer-causing properties. But in much of the developing world, asbestos continues to […]

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3 Aug

Call for nominations for Crystal Awards

Women in Film and Television has put of a call for nominations for their annual Crystal Awards, which are given to Canadian women who promote excellence in screen-based media. Broadcaster […]

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3 Aug

JHR film festival highlights Canadian docs

Two Canadian documentaries took top prize at the journalists for Human Rights film festival: A documentary detailing modern-day colonization in Canada and another that follows the long, red-tape-filled stories of […]

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3 Aug

Focus on Canadian status limbo in JHR film fest doc

Seeking Refuge, the opening film for the Journalists for Human Rights film festival follows the story of five Canadian refugees as they struggle for status. Film expert Nathaniel Laywine reports. […]

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