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27 Apr

The “torturous” struggle to state a fact

ByStephen J. A. Ward Critics have long accused objective reporters of hiding behind facts to avoid taking a stand on crucial issues.   How little these people know about the […]

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26 Apr

Classic documentary photography …classic principles

Among a group of revolutionaries whose work rose to prominence in the late 1960s and ’70s and transformed the nature of documentary photography — a group that includes friends and […]

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25 Apr

Canwest series on newspaper woes

Canwest News Service has launched a series in its chain of newspapers examining the “siege mentality that is gripping the newspaper industry.” The topic is especially challenging in this series […]

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25 Apr

Journalism about goodness

In an investigative piece of journalism into human honesty, the Toronto Star dropped 20 wallets in urban and suburban locations. Most came back. Wow: journalism that affirms humanity’s capability for […]

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24 Apr

Murdoch’s WSJ, revisited

The wrecking ball has not come to the Wall Street Journal since Rupert Murdoch bought it in Dec. 2007; “sleaze has not invaded its pages; the most dire fears have […]

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24 Apr

RRJ Spring issue highlights: Hurst, Fulford and Corcoran

The 2009 issues of the Ryerson Review of Journalism were launched this month at a gathering in Toronto. The Spring edition of the award-winning mag is now available on newsstands. […]

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23 Apr

Online newspaper audience up

American newspaper Web sites attracted more than 73.3 million monthly unique visitors on average (43.6 percent of all Internet users) in the first quarter of 2009, a record number that […]

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23 Apr

Covering violence in Afghanistan: a reporter’s view

By Jeffrey Dvorkin  Afghanistan might just be the most dangerous assignment going and on Tuesday, April 21, the Canadian Journalism Foundation brought together two reporters well known to Canadians for […]

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23 Apr

Is history repeating itself?

Those of us old enough to remember the economic situation of the early 1980s may be wondering: is history repeating itself in the way the media are valuing investigative journalism? […]

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23 Apr

Twitter adopted by Australia news media

“I have classified as journalist anyone who produces content for online or traditional media and, as you’ll see, some people who are simply involved in the selling or promoting of […]

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