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24 Nov

Covering bikers: dont flirt, avoid underlings and never, never touch the bikes

QUESTION: What advice do you have for reporters who cover dangerous figures (bikers, organized crime members) and want to keep their kneecaps right where they are? [Unlike most of our […]

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24 Nov

New media beast tries unproven business model

It’s not citizen journalism, it’s opinion aggregation, say the founders of The Mark, a six-month old news and opinion website. Tim Currie reports on the vision behind the site, how […]

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23 Nov

Journalists slaughtered in the Philippines

Journalists and others around the world have reacted with horror to the latest political slaughter in the Philippines. With the full death toll still uncertain, some 36 people are reported […]

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23 Nov

New Excel feature takes data analysis to new levels

Last week I talked about the imminent arrival of the Office 2010 public beta. Well, it’s out now and some of the best news for journalists is a quite remarkable enhancement […]

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23 Nov

Creative journalism

Forget time-lines. Forget historical analysis. Forget still photos or documentaries. This look at the impact of unemployment rates is one of the most effective examples of creative — and visual […]

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23 Nov

Journalists killed in Philippines

More than a dozen journalists have been killed when “at least 36 people were abducted by gunmen in Maguindanao province in the southern Philippines,” according to Canadian Journalists for Free […]

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23 Nov

CRTC hearings: What’s next, flash mobs?

While the CRTC ponders cable fees, cable providers and television broadcasters have been trying to out-hip each other with social media campaigns. If nothing else, the competing Face book pages  […]

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23 Nov

It’s not okay to suck at math

“Almost every story contains a number, be it a statistic, an address, or someone’s age,” writes Craig Silverman in a recent Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) column about journalists and math […]

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23 Nov

How to report on kidnappings: Star public editor weighs in

After attending a Toronto panel discussion about news blackouts, Toronto Star public editor Kathy English weighs in on the difficult subject of covering kidnappings. In a Nov. 21 column titled […]

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22 Nov

Des coupes de 10% à l’Associated Press

La vague de compressions se poursuit aux États-Unis. L’agence Associated Press a vu près de 40 emplois sabrés selon la Newspaper Guild, un syndicat qui représente aussi les journalistes de […]

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