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14 Mar

Government opposes cameras in court

Last year, Manitoba’s justice minister said the introduction of cameras into courtrooms was an idea “whose time has come,” writes Cecil Rosner.  So why is the government arguing against cameras […]

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12 Mar

YWCA honours Michelle Lang

The Calgary YWCA honoured Calgary Herald reporter Michelle Lang, the first Canadian journalist killed in Afghanistan, with a special tribute at a recent luncheon. The luncheon honoured women leaders in […]

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11 Mar

News rEvolution take a look at hyperlocal

Six Masters students at Elon University, in North Carolina, take a good run at defining hyperlocal news. “The world of journalism is changing drastically. No longer do we the audience […]

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11 Mar

Hyperlocal news with an Argentinean twist

A profile of a digital magazine for Bahia Blanca, a city of 300,000 people nearly 700 kms south of Buenos Aires. “Hyperlocal news projects have the opportunity to fill in […]

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11 Mar

Local television news responds to hyperlocal trend

Toronto News 24 is a new local internet video news site making its own mark in the growing and competitive world of hyperlocal news in the GTA. Jerrold Litwineko, of […]

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10 Mar

Goldman Sachs asks court to stop Shaw-Canwest deal

Wall Street investment firm Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is set to appeal an Ontario Court decision that approved the sale of Canwest Global Communications Corp.’s television assets to Shaw Communications […]

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10 Mar

Hyman Solomon Award winner announced

Bernard Derome, former host of Radio Canada’s Le Téléjournal, is this year’s winner of the Hyman Solomon Award for Excellence in Public Policy Journalism, the Public Policy Forum (PPF) has […]

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10 Mar

CBC News announces management changes

Five people in upper management positions at CBC News have new job descriptions and job titles, as the public broadcaster makes organizational changes. According to a CBC News report, the […]

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9 Mar

TV reporters must be jacks of all trades: Kurtz

Reporters who once arrived on the scene with a full camera crew are often expected to shoot and edit video themselves nowadays. Washington Post media columnist Howard Kurtz examines this […]

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9 Mar

Trial by media?

“Can colonel get a fair trial?” asks the Law Times. Intense media coverage of the arrest of Russell Williams – including reports of a confession that may or may not […]

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