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29 Oct

Ditch the adjectives

“Show don’t tell” can be a difficult concept for a young journalism students to grasp, and it’s easy to fall into the trap of peppering your writing with adjectives in […]

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28 Oct

Canwest to transfer National Post to publishing division

“Canwest’s publishing division signed a deal last night to reunite the National Post with its other newspaper assets after a four-year absence,” the Post reports. Once the courts and senior […]

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28 Oct

AJAs open for entries

The Atlantic Journalism Awards (AJAs) is now inviting journalists in the region to enter their journalistic stories and images in the 2009 AJAs competition. Entries must be postmarked by Friday, […]

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28 Oct

[UPDATED] Rinehart no longer EIC at Metro Canada

[Note: This post has been updated] Dianne Rinehart has stepped down as editor-in-chief of Metro Canada’s six English newspapers.   Rinehart, who was running the newspapers in Toronto, Halifax, Ottawa, […]

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28 Oct

CJFE Honours Paul Pritchard with the First CJFE Citizen Journalism Award

The man who shot the video that changed how tasers are used by police departments in Canada was presented the first CJFE Citizen Journalism Award by Canadian Journalists for Free […]

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28 Oct

Wanna buy a typewriter?

A longtime journalist recently sent an email to a bunch of colleagues with notice of a typewriter for sale. The journalist sent along assurance that the machine works perfectly and […]

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28 Oct

The Tyee and St. Joseph’s top winners at Canadian Online Publishing Awards

The Tyee took home three awards from the Toronto ceremony for the first Canadian Online Publishing Awards on Oct. 26. In total, eighteen websites were honoured, with St. Joseph Media […]

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28 Oct

Nieman guide to covering pandemic flu launched

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard has launched a “comprehensive online guide to covering pandemic flu.” The new website, Covering Pandemic Flu, is aimed specifically at journalists. The foundation […]

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28 Oct

Canadian citizen charged in plot to attack Danish newspaper that published controversial cartoons

U.S. authorities have charged two men, David Coleman Headley, 49, and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, 48, with one count each of “conspiracy to provide material support to an overseas terrorism conspiracy” […]

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27 Oct

Un nouveau prix de journalisme

La Fédération des agricultrices du Québec (FAQ) vient de créer le Prix de journalisme Rosaline-Ledoux qui soulignera l’excellence d’une œuvre de la presse écrite, régionale ou nationale, portant sur la […]

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