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29 Jun

Teens like traditional media too

Teens still like television, radio and newspapers and aren’t abandoning traditional media for the Internet, according to a new study.The Nielsen Company recently released a study of media use by […]

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29 Jun

Using sources to uncover secrets

Cecil Rosner examines how two renowned investigative journalists handle sourcing and concludes that whatever the approach, relying on a single source is always a risky venture. It was an interesting […]

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29 Jun

Unionized Globe employees reject latest offer

With 292 ballots cast, unionized Globe and Mail employees voted 89 per cent against accepting the latest contract offer from the newspaper’s management. The current contract expires June 30 and […]

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29 Jun

I studied print journalism: Now what?

In a recent “Since you asked” column by Salon.com’s Cary Tennis, Scared journalist asks: “Is it healthier to stick it out working at an ice cream store and desperately try […]

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29 Jun

Carleton’s j-school gets a new director

Chris Waddell, who has been the associate director of Carleton University’s School of Journalism and Communication for the last three years, is set to take over as interim director in […]

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29 Jun

10 steps to saving newspapers

From his hospital bed, Mark Glaser, of PBS MediaShift, had time to think about 10 fundamental ways newspapers can change to save themselves.

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29 Jun

Recapturing the place of major metro newspapers

“Proliferating blogs and micro-sites are producing so much local news, hard and soft, that the continuing shrinkage and even death of metro papers will leave no troubling void in metro […]

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29 Jun

How to save newspapers? Get out from behind the desk

“If newspapers are to rise from the obituary page, the people in charge better learn how to sell them as an important advertising vehicle and an irreplaceable voice in their […]

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29 Jun

Twitter and journalism: a synopsis

Karthika Muthukumaraswamy gives a thorough analysis of Twitter’s role in journalism in this article, citing scholars and journalists. Notably, she emphasizes the importance of verification as being a major difference […]

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28 Jun

Local content could save newspapers, survey says

More local content is the key to saving newspapers in the SunMedia chain, according to a study done by Communications Workers of America released on June 25. “Publishers and newspaper […]

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