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6 Jul

Unionized Globe employees ratify new contract

A strike has been averted at The Globe and Mail, as employees voted in favour of accepting the newspaper company’s contract offer. Of the 337 members who voted on July […]

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6 Jul

Reporting on a kidnapping: do journalists get special treatment?

When New York Times reporter David Rohde, Afghan journalist Tahir Ludin and their driver Asadullah Mangal were taken hostage last November, the Times went to great lengths to make sure […]

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6 Jul

Tyee wins an Edward R. Murrow Award

Vancouver-based online publication The Tyee has been honoured with a 2009 National Edward R. Murrow Award. The Tyee, the first Canadian online publication to win a Murrow, won in the […]

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6 Jul

How the media works, and for whom, isnt always reassuring

The Calgary Stampede-Vancouver Humane Society story (June 29-30) is a vivid demonstration of how, and for whom, the Canadian news media works in many cases. What began as a sad […]

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6 Jul

New independent weekly launches in Alberta

A group of former Sun Media employees have started a new independent weekly in Hinton, Alberta, called the Hinton Voice. This is positive news for the hard-hit weekly newspaper industry, […]

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6 Jul

Mettez ça dans votre pipe les cousins!

Courtoisie de Paulémique

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3 Jul

Un grand prix de journalisme à des imposteurs

Le Magazine Paris Match a accordé son grand prix 2009 du photoreportage étudiant à Guillaume Chauvin. Un étudiant en … beaux-arts de Strasbourg qui a inventé de toutes pièces les […]

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3 Jul

Philadelphia Inquirer launches promotional program to save newspapers

“The Philadelphia Newspapers group has created four new ads to promote the value of newspapers. The new campaign promotes the theme: “Newspapers. The Savings Medium.” and is available for downloading […]

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3 Jul

Michael Jackson’s death provides lessons for online news

The Online Journalism Review offers an insightful critique of the Michael Jackson story as it was reported online. “Every major breaking news events offers its lessons to the news organizations […]

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3 Jul

Bucking the online trend in Estonia

“Starting this Monday, Postimees will stop full publication of its articles online. Its rival, Eesti Päevaleht, is going to follow suit within the next few months. “Then, the plan seemingly […]

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