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20 Apr

Can the web save ailing school papers?

Though often overlooked in favour of triple-digit layoffs at brand name national papers, college and university newspapers are for the most part hurting just as much as their mainstream media […]

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20 Apr

Reports of newspapers’ death greatly exaggerated

Predictions of the coming demise of the daily newspaper are based on myths that don’t stand scrutiny, argues David Estok, former editor-in-chief of the Hamilton Spectator. Newspapers will become more […]

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20 Apr

Community papers weather the storm

Amidst the barrage of reports and statistics on dropping readership and circulation at newspapers across North America, there is one bright spot in Canadian journalism: community newspapers. Gregory Sawisky examines […]

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20 Apr

What the CAJ should do

When J-Source posted CAJ president Mary Agnes Welch’s “Open letter from the CAJ” last week, readers were quick to weigh in with compliments, criticism and advice for the Canadian Association […]

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20 Apr

Study suggests web is free-range

Americans who spend a lot of time on Fox news are also more likely than most to visit the New York Times, suggests a new study by two business professors […]

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20 Apr

Facebook or face time?

It’s Digital Detox Week – so it’s timely that one of questions surfacing on J-Source is whether today’s multi-tasking journalists spend too much time chattering, and not enough time investigating. […]

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19 Apr

Écran radar

Observations fines, teintées d’humour et joliment illustrées du journaliste français J-C Féraud, qui explore les confins du nouvel environnement numérique. Amoureux du papier et du gonzo journalism sans nostalgie ni […]

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17 Apr

Journalism solution to malfeasance and accountability: study

An academic study on the re-election of corrupt politicians concludes investigative journalism is the solution. But the paper, published in the journal World Politics (PDF), warns that the disappearance of […]

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16 Apr

Talking to Americans: dishonest or funny?

It’s been years since Rick Mercer famously duped former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee in an episode of This Hour Has 22 Minutes‘ popular segment ‘Talking to Americans’. Now Steve Brawner, […]

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16 Apr

Anonymous no more

A Halifax newspaper has been ordered to hand over information that could identity seven anonymous online commenters. The Nova Scotia Supreme court has approved a request by Halifax firefighters to […]

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