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18 Jan

Canwest creates Michelle Lang fellowship

Canwest Publishing has announced the creation of a new fellowship to honour Michelle Lang, the Calgary Herald reporter who was killed while reporting in Afghanistan late last year. According to […]

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17 Jan

NY Times online expected to charge

The New York Times is expected to begin charging readers for online access this year. A (free) online story in New York Magazine reveals the heated debate between print and […]

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17 Jan

Les finances de Canwest toujours précaires

Les difficultés financières du groupe Canwest se creusent. L’entreprise a placé de nouvelles divisions, dont le quotidien montréalais The Gazette, sous la protection de la loi sur les faillites. En […]

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17 Jan

Veille médiatique à l’heure de la concurrence

Un rival veille toujours sur ce dont dispose son concurrent. Le milieu médiatique illustre très bien cette idée. La concentration des entreprises de presse ajoute par contre une autre dimension […]

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17 Jan

Vers un journalisme responsable

Tout juste à temps pour Noël, la Cour suprême du Canada a rendu deux jugements en faveur de la liberté de presse et surtout de la liberté d’expression. En vertu […]

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17 Jan

Le syndicat du JdeM et la CSN plaident coupables

Pour avoir forcé les portes des bureaux du quotidien de la rue Frontenac à Montréal en juillet 2009, le Syndicat des travailleurs de l’information du Journal de Montréal et la […]

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16 Jan

[UPDATED] Ethics of Olympic reporting

Canadian Press reporter Stephanie Levitz wrote a terrific first-person piece about journalism ethics —  and her own ethical dilemma as one of some three dozen journalists who ran with the […]

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15 Jan

E&P sold, back in business

Newspaper industry publication Editor & Publisher, which recently announced plans to close, has been bought and will resume publication both in print and online. California-based magazine and newspaper publisher Duncan […]

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15 Jan

CJF accepting applications for Excellence Award

The Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) is now accepting applications for its annual Excellence in Journalism Award. The award honours “news organizations that embrace ideals of journalistic excellence – accuracy, independence, […]

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14 Jan

Always be ready to cover a disaster

It’s likely that few journalism students worry about acquiring the skills needed to cover a large-scale disaster, like the earthquake in Haiti, but these situations come on fast and without […]

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