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19 Jan

Five things to learn and memorize before leaving j-school

Adam Tinworth recently posted a slideshow to One Man and His Blog: “Five things I have learnt in…3 years, 6 months, 13 days (etc)” It’s five slides of advice that’s […]

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19 Jan

Haiti: the ultimate testing ground for reporters

Port au Prince is where foreign correspondents learn what to do when telephones fail, the lights go out, your car breaks down, your fixer doesn’t show up and your guts […]

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19 Jan

Toronto Star, union reach new agreement on outsourcing

The Toronto Star has reached an agreement with the Southern Ontario Newsmedia Guild regarding the union’s proposed alternatives to outsourcing. The Star will not be outsourcing its pagination and copy […]

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19 Jan

Mainstream media + j-school = BFF?

The New York Times announced recently that it plans to team up with The City University of New York’s Graduate School of Journalism and use the students to cover areas […]

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19 Jan

Shame the nations — shame on us

Are western journalists complicit in the murder of others across the world – just because they don’t pay attention? That’s the question posed by a stinging commentary posted on CNN […]

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18 Jan

Une vue sur le long terme

Courtoisie de Paulémique

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18 Jan

Trio to bid for three Canwest papers

Three Canadians involved in the media industry are preparing to bid for three Canwest papers, The Globe and Mail reports. The consortium is looking to buy the National Post, the […]

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18 Jan

Journalist’s data hacked in China — and where else?

“International journalists in China said Monday their Google e-mail accounts have been hacked in attacks similar to the ones against human rights activists that the search giant cited as a […]

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18 Jan

Ian Brown wins B.C. National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction

Author and Globe and Mail reporter Ian Brown is the winner of this year’s British Columbia National Book Award for Canadian Non-Fiction, a prize worth $40,000, The Canadian Press reports. […]

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18 Jan

CBC Radio’s The Sunday Edition launches regular segment on media issues

The Sunday Edition, CBC Radio’s three-hour Sunday morning program hosted by Michael Enright, has launched a new segment called MediaPhiles, which examines “how the media are covering some of the […]

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