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5 Apr

Journaliste multi plates-formes à Haïti

Jean-Hugues Roy, de Radio-Canada, s’est rendu en Haïti durant un mois pour couvrir les efforts de reconstruction après le séisme du 12 janvier dernier. Seul avec sa caméra et son […]

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2 Apr

Pullman’s defence of free speech

Gotta love Philip Pullman: “It was a shocking thing to say and I knew it was a shocking thing to say. But no one has the right to live without […]

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1 Apr

Sniffy content?

You’d be an April fool to turn up your nose at the Vancouver Sun‘s “innovative “four-dimensional” newspaper technology project, the first of its kind in the world.” The paper announced […]

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31 Mar

Is the National Post misogynist?

My calendar says it’s 2010. I checked, because exposure to the latest debates about the National Post made me wonder if I’d time-traveled to the 1960s and ’70s. Early this […]

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31 Mar

Is journalism school becoming an endangered species?

Despite the shrinking papers and shrinking bankbooks, demand for an education in journalism is soaring, and competition for a classroom spot (like that for careers in journalism) is fierce. But […]

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31 Mar

Long news

Kirk Citron: “In the long run, some stories are going to matter more than others.”

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30 Mar

As It Happens co-host resigns

Barbara Budd has left CBC Radio One after 17 years as co-host of current affairs program As It Happens. Her last broadcast will be Friday, April 30. Budd spoke with […]

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30 Mar

To tweet or not to tweet?

Last Monday, Carleton University’s School of Journalism participated in a class experiment in Twitter. As result, the school’s political reporting course topped Twitter’s Canadian trends for the day. But is […]

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30 Mar

Spy vs. Lie

Our Man in Tehran, a new book by Robert Wright, suggests Canadian Ken Taylor was a CIA spy, and news outlets were quick to jump on the label. But reviewer […]

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30 Mar

Reporting Haiti: Whose Voice? Whose Rules?

Fresh from covering Haiti’s earthquake, four Canadian journalists discuss ethical dilemmas and disaster porn. Sylvia Squair reports on the CJF’s forum: Stories from Haiti: A Round Table Discussion with Reporters […]

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