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22 Apr

Redefining the role of journalists online

Robert Niles provides advice to community journalists looking to write content for online newspapers. “That’s a harsh realization for many journalists, who have worked intensely to cover their communities for […]

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22 Apr

Top 10 business mistakes that newspapers must avoid as they go online-only

David Chase, owner of Sunvalley Online provide a critique for newspapers going online only. “I’d like to welcome the Seattle Post-Intelligencer to the world of pureplay, online-only local Internet sites.”

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22 Apr

National endowments for journalism?

“The internet is well suited to detect scandals that require lots of bloggers to spend a little bit of time searching for bits of incriminating evidence. But it’s no substitute […]

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22 Apr

NMA nominations announced

The National Magazine Award nominations were announced last night in Montreal. The Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement will go to Cynthia Brouse for her contributions to Canada’s magazine community. Brouse, […]

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22 Apr

Newspaper websites need to improve their readability

“Most newspaper websites are doing a bad design job in making their stories readable.”

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22 Apr

How online sites faired in Pulitzer Prizes

“The 2009 Pulitzer Prizes included online-only news organizations “primarily dedicated to original news reporting and coverage of  ongoing stories” for the first time — and the Awards got 65 entries from […]

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22 Apr

“Blended reporting” for journalism online

“[T]he journalistic future I think we’re about to embark upon: that of free-agent professionals who are medium agnostic and can produce text, audio and video for just about any kind […]

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22 Apr

We dont own the news anymore

“This is the first of two reports from the International Symposium on Online Journalism. To get a more extensive look what was said at this weekend’s symposium, go to the […]

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22 Apr

It’s Not the News. It’s the Packaging

“Amid the news industry’s crisis and the attendant fingerpointing over the causes, there is seemingly endless discussion these days of the pros and cons of things like micropayments, pay walls, […]

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21 Apr

“Not spin doctors,” says RCMP spokesman

Former RCMP spokesman Sgt. Pierre Lemaitre told a public inquiry he did “absolutely not” intentionally give the media inaccurate information following the Oct. 2007 death of Robert Dziekanski. The Polish […]

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