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14 Aug

In Journal: Media depictions of Bosnian war babies, UK politics, mental health and criminal behaviour

Articles recently published in academic journals that may be of interest to the journalism community: “‘A Fresh Crop of Human Misery’: Representations of Bosnian ‘War Babies’ in the Global Print […]

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14 Aug

Action pulls people out of a crisis, not words

In a recent post, called “The dangers of media navel-gazing,” on True/Slant, Marcelo Ballve asserts that “at a certain stage it becomes counterproductive to self-analyze.” He writes: “There’s so much […]

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14 Aug

CBC launches iPhone application

The CBC introduced its first iPhone application today, according to a post on the insidethecbc.com blog. The app streams content from Radio One, Radio 2 and CBC Radio 3 as […]

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13 Aug

Des citoyens déterminés à concurrencer Irving

Au Nouveau-Brunswick, une coopérative médiatique a été mise sur pied, non pour assurer le maintient des emplois en journalisme, mais bien pour tenter d’obtenir une voix d’information indépendante et non […]

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13 Aug

AP fera dans la traçabilit

À l’instar d’autres agences de presse, The Associated Press fera l’usage de «mouchards» dans ses dépêches, et ce, afin de déterminer qui utilise ses textes et qui le fait sans […]

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13 Aug

Off Keillor on journalism

Garrison Keillor’s writing can dazzle. That’s one reason I sometimes read him. Another reason is that his oddball incoherence can free a reader to cherry-pick sentences and ponder them. Take, […]

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13 Aug

100 best blogs for j-students

Learn-gasm, a website about education, has put together a list of the “100 Best Blogs for Journalism Students.“ It’s a solid list of blogs and websites categorized under the following […]

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13 Aug

Teaching Journalism Today

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12 Aug

Metroland fights court’s call for reporter to testify

Jennifer Stone, a reporter for This Week, a community newspaper in the Durham region of Ontario, was served a subpoena in July requiring she testify in a case she’s been […]

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12 Aug

Flare turns 30

The September issue of Flare magazine is a 30th anniversary special that includes an “extensive look back at Flare‘s history.” The issue has two bonus covers and all three feature […]

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