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10 Dec

This semester, grade your profs

A keener attitude in j-school will take you places, but it’s the top-notch professors that will really make the difference between an OK experience and a great one. PoynterOnline has […]

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10 Dec

Lindhout back in Canada

Freelance journalist Amanda Lindhout is back in her native Alberta, two weeks after her 15-month kidnapping ordeal ended in Somalia, reports the Globe and Mail. She arrived in Calgary on December 9 […]

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9 Dec

Eight skills to hone before you graduate

With newspapers across the country cutting staffers, it’s no longer enough to be a wizard with words and interview questions: news companies are increasingly demanding applicants with more diverse skills. […]

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9 Dec

Ad revenue slump slowing at Times, McClatchy

The New York Times Co. projects fourth quarter print advertising revenues will drop 25 per cent over the same period a year ago, which is a slight improvement from the […]

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9 Dec

An archive of audio stories

If you are looking for some outstanding, award-winning radio documentaries, you might find them at this online archive from Sound Portraits.

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9 Dec

A guide to digital storytelling from the BBC

This is a step by step guide from the BBC about how to produce digitial stories, which it defines as “mini-movies” or “short, personal, multimedia scraps of TV that people […]

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9 Dec

Teaching j-students to use social media

Looking for ideas about how to teach j-students to use social media in their reporting? Here’s a list of ten ways some j-schools are doing it from Mashable.com.

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8 Dec

QMI entre dans sa phase de consolidation

L’agence QMI sera fin prête, rodée et pleinement opérationnelle le 30 juin 2010, date à laquelle Quebecor quittera officiellement le giron des agences La Presse Canadienne et Associated Press. Pour l’aider […]

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8 Dec

Five minutes of Al Gore, then everybody out except…

If anyone is still in need of proof that the news media industry is changing, a recent Al Gore speech in Toronto was a case in point. After playing an […]

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8 Dec

CJFE to pay tribute to two journalists and one news outlet

This week, the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) will pay tribute to two journalists and the staff of a news outlet at the 2009 International Press Freedom Awards ceremony. Iranian […]

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