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20 Jul

Access denied: journalist tells his side of the G20 story

A first-person account from The Real News Network journalist Jesse Freeston on being beaten, denied access to public spaces and the story police didn’t want him to capture.Read about other […]

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20 Jul

Press councils’ choice: make big changes, or fade to black

Press councils across Canada are declining because they lack relevance, credibility and money, writes Brian Gabrial. Yet the need for a watchdog over journalism’s ethics has never been greater, and […]

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20 Jul

UBC J-Students nominated for an Emmy

It’s a video journalist’s dream to be nominated for an Emmy. Now, it’s a dream come true for a group of students studying to be journalists at the University of […]

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20 Jul

Creditors approve Canwest Global reorganization

Creditors have “overwhelmingly approved” Canwest Media Inc.’s reorganization plan. Broadcaster Magazine reports: “Canwest Global Communications Corp. announced today that the affected creditors of Canwest, Canwest Media Inc. and certain of […]

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20 Jul

The journalist as citizen

Nevermind the citizen journalist with their smart phone reportage, Globe and Mail columnist Lisan Jutras writes about the encroaching era of the “journalist citizen” in the wake of a CNN […]

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20 Jul

Colons take over at alarming rate

An article on The Millions suggests that, far from becoming extinct, colons are running rampant thanks to a new use not found in any existing grammar books. The article begins […]

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20 Jul

New Rogers freelance contract demands rights for “all forms of media”

Rogers Publishing’s new freelance contract requires freelancers sign away their rights to allow the media giant to publish their articles across multiple platforms, “presumably for the same freelance payment,” D.B. […]

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19 Jul

Thai community radio sector under pressure

Using the emergency decree, Thai authorities have recently shut down 26 community-radio stations in nine provinces and pressured six others to discontinue their services. As many as 84 community-radio stations […]

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16 Jul

Don’t slash our census: CAJ

The Canadian Association of Journalists is calling out the Harper government to scrap plans to weaken the census. In a press release the CAJ writes: “The mandatory long form census […]

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16 Jul

Editorial cartoon lands local L.A. paper in hot water

An editorial cartoon depicting a U.S. congressional candidate Nick Popaditch, who wears an eyepatch because of a battle wound, has caused trouble for a local California paper. Editorial cartoon in […]

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