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12 Mar

Better local content through hyperlinks

“A lot of research can go into a piece of reporting, and in print the value of that research can only be passed on through brief quotes or references. But […]

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12 Mar

Reframing citizen journalism and crowdsourcing news

“One reason mainstream news organizations haven’t embraced the concepts may be that the spirit (if not the letter) of the cit-j discussion tends to focus on the people involved rather […]

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12 Mar

What happens to advertising when newspapers stop printing

“With all the debate over the future of newspapers, here’s a question I haven’t heard anybody ask (much less answer): If a metropolitan newspaper suddenly ceased to publish, leaving the […]

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12 Mar

Understanding media value in the new economic context

“Entering 2009, the future of media is undoubtedly a quandary, with no end of head-scratching across the industry. As with everything these days, it seems that it all comes down […]

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12 Mar

Why offering video is important to community newspapers

Great article on video for newspapers…“If you work in New Media, the answer should be obvious. Nevertheless, there are still many newspapers that don’t understand why. Some merely offer online […]

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12 Mar

Metroland consolidates production at former Brighton Independent

Two production staff lost their jobs recently as Metroland moves to consolidate newsroom production at its Oshawa offices. Sales staff and reporters will remain in Brighton. This is part of […]

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12 Mar

Convergent newsroom for Guardian

The Guardian joined two newspapers and one website into a single newsroom to meet the demands of current conditions…

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12 Mar

The Times & CUNY (and others) go hyperlocal

CUNY joins with the New York Times to provide coverage of local neighbourhoods…

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12 Mar

‘New York Times’ to Launch Local Citizen Journalism Sites

The New York Times is joining a growing list of mainstream news organizations trying citizen journalism as a means of covering hyper-local news…

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12 Mar

Science “sexy” south of the border: Globe

<p>A <span style="font-style: italic;">Globe and Mail</span> <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090311.wescience12/BNStory/specialComment/home" target="_blank" rel="noopener">editorial </a>Thursday notes the paradigm shift in U.S. national policy under Obama to one which ideologically and financially supports science and open inquiry.

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