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26 May

Times and Sunday Times launch new websites

The UK’s Times and Sunday Times launched new websites this week, designed to look more like their print versions, but with a focus on multimedia. For the next month the […]

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25 May

Thailand reporting lacked important context

“Put in simplest terms, the troubles in Thailand are a classic clash between the rural poor – who live in places like Chiang Mai – and rich urbanites in Bangkok.” […]

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25 May

Tug of war

In the aftermath of Michelle Lang’s death, a reflection on the journalistic impulse to go into battle. This week we feature Ann Hui‘s story from the spring issue of the […]

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25 May

Collective Action Urged on Safety Training

The physical and emotional wellbeing of Canadian journalists will be front and centre on the second day of the CAJ national conference in Montreal (May 28-30). Cliff Lonsdale, president of […]

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25 May

Style over substance?

The Globe’s rock star guest editors: smart journalism or cheesy publicity stunt? Anne McNeilly weighs in on the special Africa edition of The Globe and Mail. It was hard to […]

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25 May

What the Canwest sale means for journalists

Kelly Toughill examines the sale of Canwest’s newspaper division, the new owner’s track record and what it all means for journalists. The big bold promises packaged in the Canwest newspaper […]

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25 May

Scrum and gone

The incredible shrinking Queen’s Park press gallery is a stark example of what happens when resources run dry. What’s going: informed citizens and democratic accountability. What’s coming: a potential breeding […]

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25 May

Can Ken Whyte save Chatelaine?

Ken Whyte became publisher of Chatelaine last October, and has since shaken up the editorial board and fostered a drastic redesign of the 82-year-old title, out this week. But will […]

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25 May

CAJ workshop: Is there a place for academics in journalism?

“Is there a place for academics in journalism?” is a workshop led by Ingrid Bejerman at the upcoming CAJ conference in Montreal. Qualitative research = qualitative reporting What speaks through […]

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25 May

Twenty percent of textbooks will be digital within four years

According to a recent Xplana study, the number of digital textbooks sold within the United States is on the verge of skyrocketing, going from the current 0.5 percent to almost […]

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