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19 Mar

Ottawa condemns Honduran killing – what about others?

Apparently reacting to the killing of television news editor Nahúm Palacios Artiaga, the Canadian government has condemned violence against journalists in Honduras. Nahúm Palacios Artiaga was shot and killed on […]

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18 Mar

2009 NADbank results show readership is stable (and even growing)

The 2009 results of NADbank’s annual newspaper readership study have been released and according to the report, papers have “demonstrated their value to Canadians.” The overview of results shows that […]

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18 Mar

Viv magazine’s iPad concept takes industry to new level

This article, along with some video, explores Viv magazine’s preparations for the launch of the new iPad. While the magazine has done some motion material for its online magazine previously, […]

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17 Mar

Mike Duffy criticizes J-schools

Apparently Mike Duffy is not a Chomsky fan, or perhaps even a j-school fan. As Metro Halifax reports, he slams journalism schools while visiting King’s College.

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17 Mar

Using LinkedIn: a journalist’s guide

By Kim Pittaway Facebook, Facebook, Facebook. Given the number of stories about social networking that focus almost exclusively on the electronic equivalent of the world’s largest high school hallway, you […]

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17 Mar

Canadians win travel journalism awards

The North American Travel Journalists Association Awards honours the best of travel writing and photography by travel journalists in Canada, Mexico and the United States. The event, in its 18th […]

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16 Mar

PR provides half the news published in Australian newspapers

About 55 per cent of the news published by Australian newspapers was fed to them by PR and marketing sources, according to a study of 10 newspapers conducted by local university students, the Australian news website […]

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16 Mar

Is journalism about hits?

In a Globe and Mail column titled “When journalism is about hits, the craft goes amiss,” Roy MacGregor discusses the dangers of confusing web page hits with circulation. He writes: […]

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16 Mar

National Newspaper Awards nominations

The National Newspaper Awards office has announced 66 finalists from 20 news organizations for this year’s honours. The Globe and Mail leads the pack with 15 finalists, followed by the […]

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16 Mar

How to negotiate the best j-school offer

Rebecca Cheung offers tips for students faced with competing offers from graduate j-schools. (And you thought applying was difficult.) The hundreds of students who applied to graduate programs in journalism […]

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