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7 Apr

Free newspapers banned from U.S. home delivery?

Free newspapers could be prevented from home delivery in San Francisco, under a municipal law recently introduced by Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi. The city politician is upset at receiving unwanted home […]

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7 Apr

Times reporter out on bail

Barry Bearak of the New York Times, who was detained while covering the election in Zimbabwe, has been freed on bail, the Times reports. Bearak was released to a clinic […]

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7 Apr

Journalists contemplating Beijing boycott

Following CBC Radio-Canada Director General Hubert Lacroix’s formal request for more press freedom in Beijing, other journalists are throwing their hats into the ring.

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7 Apr

Expanding the limits of war reporting

Journalists embedded in war zones tell invaluable stories, but they are observers and conveyers, not soldiers or war workers with first hand accounts. The book Outside the Wire uncovers these stories […]

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7 Apr

Tight-lipped reporter vindicated

By Tracey TylerLegal Affairs Reporter Toronto StarToronto (March 18, 2008) — Courts should be extremely cautious about using their contempt powers against journalists who refuse to identify a confidential source, […]

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7 Apr

Portal on a new e-j format

Students in the e-journalism program launched this year’s edition of the multimedia storytelling site, Portal. While much of online journalism focuses on breaking news, online features are an emerging area […]

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7 Apr

CBC to cut Calgary Newsworld

CBC News is shutting down the Calgary unit of its 24-hour Newsworld television service as of the end of May, and introducing additional positions for newsgathering, they told staff on April 3. […]

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7 Apr

Sask premier to sue CP over headline

(CP) Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall has advised The Canadian Press he intends to sue the national news agency for defamation for a headline it ran on a story featuring controversial […]

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7 Apr

Chronique: Internet va-t-il tuer le journalisme ?

Jérôme Colombain, France Info | Avec le développement des blogs et des sites collaboratifs, de nombreux spécialistes s’interrogent sur l’avenir du journalisme. Le magazine Newzy publie ce mois-ci un redoutable […]

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7 Apr

Courts and sources

Commentary April 7, 2008 – The National Post’s Andrew McIntosh is not entitled to protect the identity of a key source who aided his investigation into former prime minister Jean […]

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