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8 Jul

News reports did not demonstrate anti-police bias: CBSC

The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) has ruled against a viewer complaint that the combination of three top stories on CHAN-TV (Global BC’s) March 23, 2009 6 p.m. broadcast demonstrated […]

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8 Jul

Huffington Post acquires opinion poll company

The Huffington Post has acquired Pollster.com, a popular aggregator of poll data for analysis, as it makes a more aggressive push into political journalism. The New York Times called the […]

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7 Jul

Political blogger resigns over private remarks

Washington Post political blogger Dave Weigel has resigned after negative comments about conservatives on a private e-mail list were made public. He was only on the job for three months. […]

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7 Jul

WJEC releases 2010 journalism education census

The World Journalism Education Council has released its latest census on journalism education during the World Journalism Education Congress in South Africa. The census tracked 2,338 journalism programs around the […]

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7 Jul

Blatchford on the G17 media ban

In a Globe and Mail column, Christie Blatchford writes about Canada’s “increasingly opaque” justice system and the publication ban on the G17, the group of people charged with more serious […]

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7 Jul

Black buyout shuts down four B.C. newspapers

Four community newspapers will cease to exist in the wake of the buyout of 11 B.C. publications by Black Press, including two hundred-year-old community papers. As reported by J-Source earlier […]

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7 Jul

Quebecor withdrawal from press council a ‘crisis’

The head of Quebec’s Press Council says Quebecor’s decision to depart from the voluntary organization threatens its future, CBC reports. The independent organization reviews complaints about journalism from members of […]

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7 Jul

“When everyone is a journalist, no one is a journalist”: Ira Basen

In a CBC column, Ira Basen writes about the rise (and consequences) of citizen journalism, which played out on the streets of Toronto during G20. Basen writes: “For the longest […]

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7 Jul

Economist doctors Obama cover image

A controversy has spring up in the wake of an Economist cover photo of President Obama that shows him alone and forlorn on a BP oil spill beach with the […]

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7 Jul

Ceri Marsh resigns as editor of Fashion Magazine

Ceri Marsh, who is currently on maternity leave, has resigned from the position of editor-in-chief of Fashion Magazine. Masthead Magazine reports: “Marsh, who has been editor of the St. Joseph-published […]

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