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8 Dec

Memo to j-boomers: times change

In his final editorial, J-Source‘s outgoing editor-in-chief, Ivor Shapiro, has a message for fellow members of his generation: Whining about the good old days isn’t just boring; it’s blinkered. The […]

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8 Dec

Finally, help for science journalists

<p><span style="font-style: italic;"><img align="left" alt="Peter Calamai" border="0" height="91" hspace="5" src="http://www.journalismproject.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/images/content_images/Peter_C.jpg" title="Peter Calamai" width="73" />When it comes to science stories, overworked reporters often resort to rounding up quotes from duelling experts, writes <span style="font-weight: bold;">Peter Calamai</span>.

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8 Dec

Write or die: teaching students to write quickly

When teaching my students to write first drafts quickly, explains Mark Hamilton, the web-based tool Write or Die is a big help. It puts emphasis on the revision stage and […]

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7 Dec

Court rules anti-gay letter wasn’t hate speech

Overturning a ruling by the Alberta Human Rights Commission, a Court of Queen’s Bench judge ruled last week that an anti-gay letter published in the Red Deer Advocate was not […]

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7 Dec

TorStar, world newspapers, wage climate-change fight

Most journalists strive never to become part of the story — except in life-or-death cases when our humanity demands action. The Toronto Star has decided that climate change is such […]

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7 Dec

Pulitzer Prizes open up to more online-only entries

At the end of 2008 the eligibility rules for the Pulitzer Prizes were changed to allow for entries from online-only publications if the site was “primarily dedicated to original news […]

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7 Dec

It’s getting hotter in more ways than one…

Climate-Gate has fuelled extra interest in the UN Climate Change Conference. Ethical journalists may hold themselves above opening private mail, but there’s been no shortage of coverage since someone else […]

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7 Dec

Portfolio.com resurrected with different focus

After two years and a $100 million invested, Condé Nast’s 2007 business magazine Portfolio shut down. But now the accompanying website is back in business under Advance City Business Journals, […]

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6 Dec

Guidelines for 2010 Dart Awards anounced

The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma has announced a January 29th deadline for the 2010 Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma. The awards “recognize newspaper, magazine, online, […]

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4 Dec

In Journal: Weekend papers, reporting on surveillance and assessing journalism

Recent articles of interest published in scholarly journals: “Evaluating Journalism: Towards an assessment framework for the practice of journalism,” by Ivor Shapiro, Journalism Practice 4 (2), April 2010. Abstract: The […]

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