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16 Oct

New online categories added to NMAs

The National Magazine Awards Foundation has added seven new categories to the 2009 awards series to recognize excellence in web-based magazine content and online-only magazines. The seven new categories are: […]

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16 Oct

Canwest shares delisted from TSX

The Toronto Stock Exchange has informed Canwest Global Communications Corp. that its shares will be delisted at the end of the trading day on Nov. 13, the company announced. The […]

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15 Oct

Make your cover letter dress to impress

When you’re on the job hunt, the cover letter you attach to your resume will give employers their first impression of you. So you better make it great. Here are […]

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15 Oct

Live blogging the 2009 Joseph Howe Symposium: The Future of News

“I feel like an artisanal cheese-maker at a Cheez Whiz convention,” an editor said during one panel. Find out everything else that went on at this annual event in Halifax […]

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15 Oct

À propos des médias citoyens

L’Institut du Nouveau Monde (INM) se lance dans un partenariat avec les plates-formes Parole citoyenne et son pendant anglophone CitizenShift. Michel Venne, directeur de l’Institut du Nouveau-Monde, a œuvré comme […]

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15 Oct

Manifesto for freelancers: The 12 Steps to Recovery

Montreal-based freelance journalist Nicolas Ritoux decided it was time for freelancers to “reflect on our status” and so he created a manifesto, his survival guide for all freelance writers. Called […]

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15 Oct

Cheese Doodles R Us

The New York Times posted a series of essays about reading electronic documents compared to paper. Asked the Times: “Is there a difference in the way the brain takes in […]

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14 Oct

Pigistes anonymes

Véritable manifeste de la pige, le guide «Pigistes Anonymes : les 12 étapes du rétablissement» propose de rompre avec le stéréotype misérabiliste souvent associé à l’état de journaliste indépendant. Par […]

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14 Oct

Canadian Freelance Union bylaws approved by members

The Canadian Freelance Union (CFU) is now fully legal, its president has announced. The CFU’s charter members voted on a series of bylaws and they were overwhelmingly approved (94 per […]

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14 Oct

Maclean’s political blogger moves to CBC

Beginning Oct. 26, Kady O’Malley, a political blogger for Maclean’s magazine, will cover federal politics for CBC News and blog for cbc.ca, the public broadcaster announced. O’Malley has been blogging […]

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