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13 Jan

Internet weakens press authority: Rosen

New York University’s Jay Rosen asserts that the authority of the press is weakened by the Internet. To simplify his idea, it’s because the one-to-many of legacy media has been […]

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13 Jan

New York Times’ David Carr: News needs an iTunes model

Howls are already in the blogosphere over David Carr’s column today in The New York Times on news needing an iTunes model — a way to get people accustomed to […]

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13 Jan

Un “correspondant de guerre” contre le journalisme de guerre

Richard Hétu, Cyberpresse | Dépêché en Israël par le site conservateur PJTV à titre de correspondant de guerre, Joe le plombier a vite dénoncé le journalisme de guerre, affirmant que […]

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12 Jan

Let’s all blame the media

Journalists are making Canadians “needlessly nervous” about the future, says Catherine Swift, president and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, in this Canadian Press story. The result is […]

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12 Jan

Twitter: Just start

Robert Niles in the Online Journalism Review adds his voice to the crew advocating Twitter for journalists. His advice: Just start. He’s right: There is huge skepticism in the craft […]

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12 Jan

Changes at T.O. Star

The Toronto Star has shuffled a few positions recently, as former Washington bureau chief Tim Harper moves back to Toronto to become national editor. Mitch Potter, former Middle East bureau […]

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12 Jan

Annual FOI audit released

The Canadian Newspaper Association (CNA) has released released its fourth annual audit on Freedom of Information compliance and the results are rather grim. Fred Vallance-Jones, the University of King’s College […]

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12 Jan

Cat visits live weather broadcast

A cat paid an unexpected visit to the set of Germany’s leading meteorologist Joerg Kachelmann’s live weather forecast recently. The cat wandered in and Kachelmann picked it up and continued […]

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12 Jan

Globe to cut 80-90 jobs

The Globe and Mail is planning to cut its staff by about ten per cent, which amounts to approximately 80 or 90 jobs. Globe publisher Phillip Crawley sent an email […]

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12 Jan

2009 CAJ/CIDA fellowships awarded

The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) is pleased to announce the winners of five CAJ/CIDA fellowships for travel to developingcountries. They are: Karen Kleiss, Edmonton Journal. Edmonton, AB; Lynn Bulloch, […]

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