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6 Jan

Resolutions for a better (and more journalistic) you

Network. Pitch. Twitter. Read. Buy people lunch. This two-part blog post comes from copy editor/ San Jose journalism student Suzanne Yada, replete with resolutions for j-schoolers and beyond. The first […]

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6 Jan

Elle est arrivée!

Radio-Canada/La Presse | […] Le droit de vieillir – Après le week-end, la voici donc la semaine. Le fait qu’elle soit une femme ne saurait être passé sous silence, d’autant […]

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6 Jan

Prix UE-Canada pour jeunes journalistes 2009

L’Union européenne a le plaisir d’annoncer le Prix UE-Canada pour jeunes journalistes 2009. Bruxelles, siège des institutions de l’Union européenne, possède le plus grand corps de presse permanent au monde. […]

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6 Jan

L’information au féminin: le Québec à l’avant-garde

Caroline Roy, Canoë | Lundi, à 22 heures pile, deux femmes seront à la tête des grands bulletins de nouvelles de fin de soirée sur nos télévisions québécoises. Alors que […]

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5 Jan

Does good journalism include anger and confusion?

While prepping for her classes, Vancouver journalism instructor and municipal reporter Frances Bula decided to share a quote on her blog.It’s from Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher by Stephen Brookfield: […]

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5 Jan

Cuts threaten journalism: association

“A flood of job cuts threatens to hobble high-quality journalism in this country,” says a press release from an association representing some Canadian journalists. “The retrenchment is so profound that […]

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5 Jan

The point of journalism, in a nutshell

“Why,” asked the CBC’s David Gutnick of an ex-soldier and new journalist in Mali, “did you become a radio reporter?” “Because it is a way of doing good,” answered Daouda […]

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5 Jan

You be the editor: Toronto Star

[This post has been updated]Kathy English, public editor at The Toronto Star, put together a kind of “news judgment” survey for Star readers to start off 2009. The survey provides […]

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5 Jan

2008 press freedom round-up: Reporters Without Borders Canada

In 2008 60 journalists were killed, 673 were arrested and and 929 were physically attacked or threatened, according to a release from Reporters Without Borders (RWB). This compares to 86 […]

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5 Jan

CAJ warns of “industry death spiral”

In the last three months 1200 jobs have been lost in the Canadian media business, and the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) is “deeply concerned” that the job cuts are […]

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