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30 Apr

Plagiat : AP se défendra

Lise Millette, ProjetJ L’agence de presse américaine Associated Press en a assez de voir ses dépêches reprises sur Internet par des sites qui ne lui versent aucune redevance. La coopérative, […]

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29 Apr

No NP on Mondays starting in June

The National Post will not publish a Monday edition for nine weeks this summer in its latest move to cut costs. The paper will operate as normal during this period, expected […]

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29 Apr

CBC News announces new director of digital media

Former BBC News editor Rachel Nixon has been appointed director of digital media for CBC News, the CBC has announced. After a decade at the BBC, Nixon left in 2008 to […]

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29 Apr

NATO censoring (some) Afghanistan coverage

Journalists who are not American — and thus protected by that country’s constitution — are working under tough new restrictions imposed by NATO in southern Afghanistan, reported Canadian Press. The […]

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29 Apr

Halt media slaughter if you want aid – INSI

Developing nations’ records on protecting journalists should be factors when democratic governments consider aid programs, according to the International News Safety Institute. In a speech on Capitol Hill in Washington […]

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28 Apr

Swine flu Catch 22

The New York Times looks at the conundrum of whether coverage exacerbates a crisis. An excerpt: Without the news media the public would be dangerously unaware of the swine flu […]

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28 Apr

Alternative journalism and investigative reporting

Chris Atton of Edinburgh Napier University raises some provocative questions in the latest issue of Journalism with his paper entitled “Why alternative journalism matters.” While considerable attention has been paid […]

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28 Apr

Canwest’s Leonard Asper lays blame

“Neither the bad economy nor debt taken on by broadcasters are to blame for profit declines at Canada’s major television networks,” said CEO Leonard Asper of Canwest Global Communications Corp., […]

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28 Apr

What journalists think about swine flu coverage

As swine flu cases spread across Canada, J-Source Tools for Reporters editor Larry Cornies is asking journalists and health experts for their assessment of the coverage given this story to […]

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28 Apr

Canada “Third World” media nation?

Elizabeth May’s new book “lets loose” on the concentration of media power, writes Lawrence Martin in a Globe and Mail column. Excerpts: If Canadians heard about a country where a […]

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