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13 Sep

Student support for investigative work

How many investigative journalists could benefit from some free research support? Quite a few, judging from the way many media organizations appear to be retreating from this field lately. In […]

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13 Sep

A new model in California

A decade ago there were more than 80 reporters based in Sacramento, scrutinizing the state government. Now the number has declined to about 25. That is why a new non-profit […]

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12 Sep

Jumping the gun

CNN and Fox cable news reporters in the U.S. jumped on what they thought was a hot story, Coast Guard radio talk about gunfire in the vicinity of that country’s […]

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11 Sep

Wordstock focusing on journalism tools this year

New media expert Robb Montgomery, CEO of Chicago-based Visual Editors Inc., is set to be the main speaker at this year’s Wordstock, an annual professional development day for journalists held […]

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11 Sep

Walrus announces $225,000 writers’ fund

Renewed fundraising efforts at The Walrus are paying off. The Walrus Foundation has announced the creation of the Allan Slaight Writers’ Fund for the magazine. The Slaight Family Foundation has […]

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11 Sep

Saskatchewan CBC broadcaster dies at 53

Jim McKillican, a broadcast personality on Saskatchewan’s Morning Edition, died of cancer in hospital earlier this week. McKillican started with the CBC as a technician in 1983 and left his […]

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10 Sep

Times reporter freed from captivity, news blackout lifted

New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell is the second Times journalist in the last year to be kidnapped in Afghanistan, and the company kept both kidnappings out of the media […]

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10 Sep

Cramahe Now: an experiment in hyperlocal journalism

When former Colborne Chronicle editor Bob Owen was laid off during the amalgamation of three local newspapers in Southern Ontario, instead of rolling over, he created an online news site […]

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9 Sep

Everything you learned in high school English is wrong

Many moons ago, on my very first day of journalism school at Ryerson, my professor asked my class why we wanted to be there. Most responses started with something along […]

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9 Sep

T.O. Star appoints foreign editor

In a recent memo to employees, Toronto Star editor Michael Cooke announced Colin MacKenzie will join rejoin the Star team as foreign editor at the end of October. The Star‘s […]

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