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23 Jun

Ottawa earthquake – updated

 Who reported it first? My chair was still shaking when I read that The Globe and Mail had evacuated their Ottawa bureau:   Our Ottawa bureau evacuated its offices just […]

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23 Jun

Old school journalism vs. new school on BBC radio

BBC radio Scotland airs an interesting program pitting an old hack journalist using traditional tools against a younger new media journalist loaded with technology. The idea is to see which […]

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23 Jun

Legal rights for G20 photographers

Covering the G20 Summit this weekend? Photography blog Ambient Light offers a list of legal rights to keep you — and your camera — safe. This Magazine offers a short […]

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23 Jun

Alberta weeklies get federal funds

Eight community newspapers in Alberta received federal funding to subsidize mailing costs and reduce subscription rates. The Okotoks Western Wheel received more than $269,000, while others received between $10,000 to […]

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22 Jun

WikiLeaks founder told to avoid U.S. for posting video

Julian Assange, the controversial founder of whistleblowing site WikiLeaks, has been warned that U.S. authorities want to question him about how he obtained shocking video footage of an Apache helicopter […]

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22 Jun

Highway of Tears revisited

Since 1969, 18 women have died or disappeared along a notorious B.C. road. So why is intense, investigative coverage fading along with them? This week we feature Adriana Rolston‘s story […]

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22 Jun

Michael Cooke: “citizen reporters are as close to real reporters as karaoke is to Sinatra”

Accepting the Canadian Journalism Foundation’s Excellence in Journalism award, Michael Cooke, editor of the Toronto Star, said: “Is journalism 100 unpaid bloggers all talking and yattering at once, or a […]

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22 Jun

G8 outside the gate

As journalists trek toward the G8/20 Summit, it may be hard to muster excitement for another round of unmet aid pledges and quickly forgotten PR moments for the hosts. Outside […]

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22 Jun

RTNDA conference: CP’s Eric Morrison wins president’s award

CEO of The Canadian Press, Eric Morrison, was presented with the President’s Award at the annual conference of the Association of Electronic Journalists (RTNDA).See more conference coverage here. By Darylann […]

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22 Jun

RTNDA conference: social media bootcamp

Social media can and must be used in newsrooms in this new age of journalism. That was the sentiment that echoed at one of the last sessions at the 2010 […]

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