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7 Jun

CBC report on news balance

As part of its accountability mandate, CBC periodically analyzes its news content, published in an interim report called The News Balance Report. Findings include: 59% of CBC news anchors/programs are […]

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7 Jun

KRW business journalism award winners

Alberta Oil has won magazine of the year at the Kenneth R. Wilson business journalism awards. Advisor.ca won website of the year. See the full list of winners below, and […]

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7 Jun

Up Here loses inflight distribution deal

Canadian North Airlines have ended its distribution deal with Up Here, a magazine based in Yellowknife that covers the North. The deal represents between 5-7,000 magazines a month, about 16% […]

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7 Jun

National Magazine Award winners

Up Here won magazine of the year at the National Magazine Awards. The Walrus took home the most awards and the inaugural website of the year award went to Dogsincanada.com. […]

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7 Jun

Of Twitterati and WikiGnomes

Environment Canada’s Dr. Alex Bielak writes about a workshop at the Canadian Science Writers’ Association annual conference called “Social media, privacy issues and other public institution challenges in the digital […]

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7 Jun

A UK journalist in Saskatchewan

Jo Davis works as a reporter the Dorset Echo, a daily newspaper in Dorset, England. She won a trip to Canada and spent the time with the editors and staff […]

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4 Jun

Ryerson appoints interim chair for School of Journalism

Ryerson journalism professor Suanne Kelman has been appointed interim chair to the university’s School of Journalism effective July 1st. The announcement came after Ryerson announced it had failed to appoint […]

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4 Jun

New, detailed study of hyperlocal news released by Reynolds Journalism Institute

One of the first, most comprehensive studies of community news, especially hyperlocal news, was posted May 27, identifying key local online news sites. It surveys publishers, examines what is working […]

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3 Jun

Magnet workshop: Wring cash from your budget (not your freelancers)

How do you create the magazine I want on a tight budget? As budgets shrink and costs continue to creep up, this question has never been more important. Jessica Ross, […]

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3 Jun

Tonga: From suitcase radio to regular FM station

NOUMEA, NEW CALEDONIA (2 June 2010) – The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) is pleased to announce the launching of Tonga’s first community FM radio station on Niuatoputapu, a […]

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