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27 Jul

Tough times for women’s mags

“Lady mags are in trouble…Big surprise. Lady mags are dinosaurs,” writes The Tyee‘s Vanessa Richmond in a recent column. She wrote: “Elle‘s ad pages for September are down 21 per […]

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27 Jul

First woman NNA winner dies at 97

Veteran Canadian newspaper reporter Dorothy Howarth, the first woman to win a National Newspaper Award (NNA), died of respiratory failure in Pickering, Ont. on July 14. Howarth began her reporting […]

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25 Jul

Independent investigative journalism in Britain

Britain is following the lead of the United States in establishing an independent investigative journalism fund. A number of prominent British journalists have banded together to create The Investigations Fund, […]

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25 Jul

Investigative journalism – where there’s a will, there’s a way

Investigative journalism was already on the ropes when the economic crisis hit. But where there’s a will, there’s a way. The Canadian-American Real News Network was one of the first […]

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24 Jul

Canadian wins enviro journalism award for book

Alberta-based journalist and author Andrew Nikiforuk has been honoured with the Rachel Carson Environment Book Award from the U.S.-based Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ). Nikiforuk is the first Canadian to […]

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24 Jul

Journaliste sans saveur : l’antithèse de Cronkite?

Peut-on imaginer un seul instant qu’un chef d’antenne quitte des yeux le télé-souffleur pour s’adresser directement à la caméra en disant que les affirmations du gouvernement fédéral ne tiennent pas […]

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23 Jul

CBC’s Brian Stewart on faith and life as a foreign correspondent: an interview with Christian mag Beacon

Longtime CBC correspondent Brian Stewart recently spoke with Ken Bosveld, publisher of Ontario-based Christian magazine Beacon. Bosveld interviewed Stewart after the after the recently retired CBC foreign correspondent gave a […]

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23 Jul

W-Five exec producer retires

 After more than 40 years with CTV, W-Five executive producer Malcolm Fox is retiring, the network has announced. He is leaving the show as of Sept. 1. W-Five senior producer […]

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23 Jul

L’Association des radiodiffuseurs communautaires du Québec (ARCQ)

L’Association des radiodiffuseurs communautaires du Québec (ARCQ) est née en 1979 de la volonté des radios communautaires de se doter d’un outil de représentation commun devant leurs interlocuteurs gouvernementaux, notamment le […]

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23 Jul

CP fined for breaching ban

News The Canadian Press has been fined $4,000 for contempt of court for breaching a publication ban imposed at a British Columbia murder trial last year. The wire service circulated […]

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