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9 Apr

Dragons, seamonsters and old-school newshounds

Are old-school newshounds mythical creatures? wonders A.O. Scott in a New York Times review of a series on journalism films at Film Forum in New York. The series, suggests Scott, […]

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9 Apr

WikiLeaks: the new journalism?

The whistle-blower web site WikiLeaks — the self-styled “intelligence agency of the people” that’s listed as a security threat by the American Pentagon — increasingly resembles a form of investigative […]

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9 Apr

Hanomansing leaves CBC Vancouver

Veteran CBC journalist Ian Hanomansing hosted his last edition of CBC News: Vancouver last night. He is moving the The National where he’ll be a  regular West Coast contributor, along […]

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9 Apr

Electronic news award winners

The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) has announced the winners of their annual Edward R. Murrow Awards, which honours excellance in electronic journalism. The awards are broken into different […]

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8 Apr

About the CAJ

The problems of the Canadian Association of Journalists have landed on J-Source. Given my role as editor of the Townhall blog and comments discussions, a disclosure: I am one of […]

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8 Apr

An open letter about the CAJ

Former board member Deborah Campbell, one of many supporters of the Canadian Association of Journalists who abandoned it in 2004-2005, explains why she left —  and why she thinks the […]

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8 Apr

Enemies of the Internet

On March 12, Reporters Without Borders celebrated World Day Against Cyber Censorship to support unrestricted access to the Internet. It released a list of “Enemies of the Internet” (see map […]

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8 Apr

U.S. starts to crack down on unpaid internships

It often seems like the dreaded unpaid internship is just a sad reality, but according to a recent New York Times article, the preponderance of expected free labour has risen […]

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7 Apr

Andy Barrie speaks tonight in T.O.

Recently retired CBC radio host Andy Barrie (of Metro Morning fame) gives the 2010 Atkinson lecture – titled Broadcasting, Narrowcasting and the Age of the Visible Majority – tonight at […]

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6 Apr

Former Harper aide joines CBC political commentators

The CBC has added Harper’s former director of communications Kory Teneycke to their roster of political analysts, Broadcaster Magazine reports: “Teneycke will contribute to CBC News across all platforms. He […]

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