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10 Nov

Canwests do what the sergeant says training for war reporting

Most news organizations send reporters for special hostile environment training to prepare for Afghanistan, but in his article “College for Killing Fields,” King’s Journalism Review reporter Geoff Davies learned that […]

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10 Nov

CTV News prez added to upcoming panel

CTV News President Robert Hurst will join the panel at the upcoming Canadian Journalism Foundation Forum “News Blackouts Save Lives” taking place on November 17 in Toronto. He joins Robert […]

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10 Nov

My students dont have TVs

CBC News wants to attract younger viewers with its recent relaunch, but as Carleton broadcast journalist instructor Marilyn Mercer found out, many of her students don’t have TVs or cable […]

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10 Nov

Twitter 101

Journalism is changing, and one journalism school is right there updating its coursework to keep up. Griffith University in Australia has recently made Twitter education a requirement for its journalism […]

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10 Nov

Covering suicide: do journalists exploit tragedy?

Suicides are often more than newsworthy, writes Stephen J.A. Ward, they challenge journalists to explore economic and social issues in their community. “Minimize harm” is the proper principle, not “do […]

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10 Nov

Is my editor making me a plagiarist?

QUESTION: I really need some advice. My editor removed quotation marks from a direct quote I took from an online statement (from a press conference) in an article and tried […]

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9 Nov

Investigating the carbon trading market

Frontline/World and the Center for Investigative Reporting have announced a unique joint project which will encompass radio, print, television and online reports. Over the next year, they will report on […]

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9 Nov

Battle for presidency of FPJQ

The Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec (FPJQ) is holding its annual conference starting Nov. 14 in Sherbrooke, Que. Along with seminars and professional development workshops, the conference also gives […]

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9 Nov

How are we doing on swine flu coverage?

J-Source’s Covering Health Crises section has become a cauldron of news and views about journalism’s role when pandemics strike. The section anxiously awaits your comments. Food for thought includes: Is […]

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9 Nov

Is the media going overboard with H1N1 coverage? The National hosts a panel

Wendy Mesley recently hosted a panel discussion on The National about how the media handled coverage of H1N1. The two panelists were Dr. Allison McGeer, a microbiologist and infectious disease […]

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