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8 Apr

A freelance journalist’s travels in Afghanistan

Naheed Mustafa, a Toronto-based freelance broadcaster and writer currently in Afghanistan working on several stories about ordinary people, writes about her travels through parts of the country she calls “the […]

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8 Apr

The road well-travelled (but not by me): a freelance reporter in Afghanistan

ByNaheed Mustafa April 1, 2009 I left Kabul bright and early on Monday to go to Mazar-e-Sharif. My friend Bashir kindly agreed to take me and brought a big ol’ […]

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8 Apr

If you don’t have something nice to say…

…then you can just say it in online comments sections. In this article for the online edition of the Ryerson Review of Journalism, Laura Janecka and Eve Tobolka look at […]

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8 Apr

Le sur mesure de l’information

Lise Millette, Projet J Dans Portneuf,  Michel Beausoleil vient de mettre sur pied une agence régionale radiophonique. Après 20 ans de métier, il est devenu journaliste indépendant après la perte […]

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8 Apr

Caméras et justice

La Cour suprême a accepté de se pencher sur la présence des caméras dans les palais de Justice. Dans Le Soleil, Marc Allard rapporte que les restrictions en cause visent […]

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7 Apr

CanWest reprieve redux

Canwest Global Communications Corp was again given some breathing room by its lenders, who agreed Tuesday to extend talks on the company’s financial crisis until April 21, and also “to […]

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7 Apr

Adbusters 1; CBC/Global 0

A decision by the British Columbia Court of Appeal gives Adbusters the right to sue broadcasters CBC and CanWest Global for refusing to screen its anti-consumerist television ads. The long-running […]

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7 Apr

Police camera seizures

UPDATE April 8: The BC Civil Liberties Association thanked the Chief of the Vancouver Police Department for moving to clarify police policy around seizing cameras from the public and forapologizing […]

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7 Apr

UPDATED: Tyee asking for donations to fund election reporting

[NOTE: this post has been updated] The Tyee, a popular B.C. online news site, is asking readers for donations to help pay for more reporters to cover the upcoming provincial […]

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7 Apr

CP to cut 25 jobs

In an effort to trim costs, the Canadian Press is cutting cutting 25 jobs, The Globe and Mail reports. The national wire service is being restructured and along with the […]

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