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21 Jan

Paul Quarrington dies at 56

Toronto-based writer author, musician and playwright Paul Quarrington has died of lung cancer at age 56. A post on his website explains: “In May 2009, Paul was diagnosed with Stage […]

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20 Jan

J-schooler opposes potential college strike, strikes out

By Matthew Hayles A 20,000-strong Facebook protest led by a Humber College journalism student failed to prevent professors from giving a strike mandate to the Ontario Public Service Employees Union […]

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20 Jan

Application deadline approaching for documentary’s Don Haig award

The Don Haig Award for emerging documentary filmmakers is accepting applications for this year’s award until January 29. The award, from digital television station documentary, provides the winning filmmaker with […]

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20 Jan

Haiti coverage “disaster porn”: British columnist

In a column for British online daily The First Post, Brendan O’Neill writes that in Britain “both the broadsheets and the tabloids have published tawdry disaster porn, designed not to […]

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20 Jan

New York Times charges for online access

So the New York Times really did it: after months of speculation, years after its last failed attempt, it announced that it will charge online readers and explained why in […]

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19 Jan

Almost half of Google News readers don’t visit originating news sites

Complaints by media proprietors like Rupert Murdoch that Google News is “stealing” their content has always been countered by the argument that Google and other news aggregators actually direct web traffic back to […]

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19 Jan

Citytv cuts 60 jobs

Rogers-owned Citytv has cut 60 jobs across Canada as part of a major restructuring, The Canadian Press reports. CP reports that Citytv  in Calgary, Vancouver and Edmonton won’t be airing […]

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19 Jan

Facebook tribute group runs afoul of publication ban

A Facebook page started in early January to host tribute to a murdered child flouted a publication ban. A day after the page was mentioned in a Toronto Star report, […]

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19 Jan

Author blames news media for evangelicals’ image problem

In his book Through a Lens Darkly, author David Haskell blames the news media for the image problem facing Canadian evangelicals. However, reviewer John P. Ferré finds there is not […]

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19 Jan

Hitting the ground in Haiti

The world’s news media went into full disaster mode this past week. In the Students’ Lounge, the word to graduating students is: “Always be ready to cover a disaster.’  Meanwhile, […]

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