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8 May

The New Yorker considers the Future of Journalism

“That, improbably, was the title of a Senate Commerce Committee hearing, chaired by John Kerry , at which I testified yesterday alongside David Simon , the former Baltimore Sun reporter […]

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7 May

Journalisme en mutation

Marc-François Bernier* En raison de l’explosion des technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC), les frontières traditionnelles et l’identité professionnelle du journalisme se transforment. Les mutations en cours sont […]

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7 May

Online journalists most jailed last year

For the first time ever, the number of online journalists jailed last year exceeded than those working in print, the Committee to Protect Journalists reports. Of 125 journalists in jail worldwide as of Dec. […]

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7 May

Internet “most useful” source for swine flu info

People followed the swine flu story closely last week. Although most “learned something” about the flu from local TV news and, to a lesser extent, cable news, the Internet came out […]

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7 May

Busted!

Research published in Nature, one of the world’s most respected peer-reviewed journals, suggests that Wikipedia rivals traditional encyclopedia Britannica for accuracy. But there are still solid reasons academia continues to […]

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7 May

Huff vs. Simon: Senate hearings on journalism

The U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet recently held a hearing on the future of journalism. Senator and former presidential hopeful John Kerry moderated and witnesses spoke […]

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7 May

CBC News names editor-in-chief

Jennifer McGuire has been named the new editor-in-chief and general manager of CBC News, the public broadcaster announced. McGuire became interim head of news after John Cruickshank left in November, […]

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6 May

Rookie reporter tale wins humour prize

The author of a memoir recounting the trials and tribulations of a first-time reporter in small town B.C. has won the 2009 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. Mark Leiren-Young […]

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6 May

5 ways traditional media is going social

“As faltering brands look for new strategies, and the newspaper industry desperately searches for a way to keep a portion, if not all of its print business alive, traditional media […]

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6 May

New York Times raises newsstand price

Newsstand buyers of The New York Times will have have to cough up a little extra for their paper beginning on June 1, as the company announced plans to raise […]

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