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21 Jul

Migrating news stories to Twitter

Some solid advice for moving news to a Tweet on Twitter from the Poynter Institute’s David Brewer. “Imagine if a journalist writing a breaking news story online tweeted each element […]

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20 Jul

Al-Jazira traînée en justice pour son “parti pris” pour le Hamas

Nouvelle poursuite contre un média. La chaîne de télévision Al-Jazira n’a plus le droit de d’émettre en Cisjordanie. Mahmoud Abbas, chef de l’Autorité palestinienne, accuse la télé de complaisance et la […]

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20 Jul

National Post reporter wins SAJA award

The South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA) handed out its annual awards in New York recently and the National Post‘s Stewart Bell was among the winners. Bell, a senior reporter for the […]

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20 Jul

Writers’ Union protests treatment of Olympics critic

The Writers’ Union of Canada has sent an open letter to Gary Lunn, federal Minister of State for Sports, expressing concern about the way two members of the Integrated Securities […]

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20 Jul

Globe and Mail beefs up digital news team

Less than two months after taking over the top job at The Globe and Mail, John Stackhouse has added to the online team, Alfred Hermida reports on his blog Reportr.net. […]

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20 Jul

New Canadian firm enters local TV biz

Canadian private investment firm Bluepoint Investment Corp.has agreed to purchase CTV’s Brandon, Man. station for one dollar, the Canadian Press reports. Bluepoint, a three-month old company, now has its sights […]

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19 Jul

Erreur sur la personne

Courtoisie de Paulémique

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19 Jul

Conflit au JdeM : les deux parties se disent gagnantes

Le syndicat des travailleurs de l’information du Journal de Montréal s’est réjoui d’une décision de la Commission des relations de travail (CRT) qui conclut que l’entreprise a enfreint les dispositions […]

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17 Jul

Dream job/fantasies

For many of us, journalism was once the ultimate dream job. (And even in dire times, it still is for a lucky or plucky few.) Now the dream has turned […]

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17 Jul

Walter Cronkite dead

Walter Cronkite is dead at 92, reported the New York Times. As anchor of CBS Evening News for nearly 20 years, Cronkite was an icon in American television journalism who, […]

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