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4 Oct

MSM wins! Long live the MSM

“The news tornado of September has been a boon to the downtrodden traditional media,” reported Ian Brown in a Globe and Mail piece about web sites of big mainstream media […]

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4 Oct

Canada-Europe trade talks nearly invisible

What’s the biggest social, political and economic issue in Canada right now? Social conservativism vs liberalism? Tax cuts? Bank regulations? Climate change? Plagiarism? None of the above, not in my […]

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3 Oct

Bylines pulled at the Gazette

Staff at the Canwest-owned Montreal Gazette pulled their bylines Oct. 2, as a work-to-rule campaign went into effect, according to a Montreal Newspaper Guild (MNG) press release. The guild said […]

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3 Oct

Les nouvelles rapprochent, la sexualité rebute

Caroline Roy, Le Journal de Montréal | Sept familles sur dix estiment que la télévision les rapproche au lieu de les éloigner. Étonnamment, ce que les membres d’une même famille […]

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3 Oct

Live fact checking: a great opportunity for news outlets

Journalists often cite tireless reporting and dedication to facts as part of the professionalism that sets them apart from bloggers. Live fact checking of debates would provide a real opportunity […]

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3 Oct

La francophonie d’un Web à l’autre

André Magny, Le Droit | Après Müvmédia, voici, sur le Web, D’Est en Ouest, ou comment se conjugue la francophonie canadienne à travers une série de capsules réalisées par Eza […]

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3 Oct

Journalist wins “alt” Nobel

 Amy Goodman, founder and host of the U.S. syndicated radio and television program “Democracy Now!” was named as a recipient of the  Right Livelihood Award founded by Swedish-German philanthropist Jakob […]

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2 Oct

Comment moderation easing up, but journalists remain gate-keepers

By Alfred Hermida CBC Newsworld has a daily election show called Your Turn, aimed at giving Canadians a “chance to talk about the election issues that matter to you.” The Globe […]

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2 Oct

Big media’s gone live blog crazy

Last night’s French-language leaders debate was live blogged all over the place and the big Canadian media outlets really jumped on board with the live blog frenzy. The National Post […]

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2 Oct

NowPublic releases list of most visible web figures in Vancouver

Vancouver-based citizen journalism site NowPublic teamed up with the Vancouver Sun to create The MostPublic Index, a listing of the city’s top 20 most visible figures on the web. According […]

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