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3 Sep

Two-thirds of Twitter users younger than 25

Some other findings from a study by social media marketing firm Sysomos: More than 85 per cent of users rarely post (less than once a day) About five per cent of users account […]

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3 Sep

Sports gambling common among sports reporters

About 40 per cent of sports reporters gamble on sports, even though many admit it undermines their ability to report objectively, according to a survey of sports reporters conducted by the John Curley […]

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3 Sep

La Presse threatens to close

“Montreal’s La Presse newspaper, the biggest French-language broadsheet in North America, is threatening to cease publication on Dec. 1,” the Canadian Press reports. According to CP, La Presse spokesperson Caroline […]

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3 Sep

Afternoon outage at Newsworld

CBC Newsworld was temporarily out of service on the afternoon of Sept. 2, the CBC reports. The outage affected only Rogers cable customers. According to CBc spokesperson Jeff Keay said […]

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3 Sep

Afghanistan propaganda

“Some good news from Afghanistan is that American commanders have wisely canceled a contract with a public relations firm accused of profiling correspondents with negative-to-positive ratings to help determine whether […]

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3 Sep

Closing j-schools makes no sense

Teaching Journalism editor Mary McGuire makes the case for higher education in journalism. Too many journalists think too narrowly about the value of journalism programs. These days some have taken […]

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3 Sep

Sawyer to replace Gibson as ABC anchor

Charlie Gibson has stepped down as ABC’s World News anchor and Diane Sawyer has been named as his successor. Sawyer has been the longtime co-host of ABC’s Good Morning America. […]

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2 Sep

Hate speech ban ruled unconstitutional

A Canadian Human Rights Tribunal decided that a section of the Canadian Human Rights Act, which bans Internet hate messages, is unconstitutional because it violates free speech protections. Lawyer Richard […]

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2 Sep

Teaching students to report, write and overcome their fears

Learning to identify stories, find sources, interview, take notes and write isn’t enough, writes Carleton journalism prof Dave Tait. A teacher’s job is also to show novice journos how to […]

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2 Sep

U.S.-based Examiner.com buys Vancouver’s NowPublic

Examiner.com., a Denver-based citizen journalism website owned by Clarity Media Group, has acquired Vancouver-based NowPublic. Rick Blair, CEO of Examiner.com said in a press release: “Every day we hear discussions […]

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