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16 Apr

Matt Gurney: Boston attacks show traditional journalists that Twitter has come of age

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Boston.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong style="font-size: 10px;">By <a href="http://twitter.com/mattgurney">Matt Gurney</a>, for the <em><a href="http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/04/16/matt-gurney-boston-attacks-show-traditional-journalists-that-twitter-has-come-of-age/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter">National Post</a></em></strong></p>

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13 Jun

When the news breaks: Inside Toronto newsrooms

<p>How did two Toronto newsrooms manage their coverage of two big stories last weekend in Union Station flooding and the Eaton Centre shooting? <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/when-news-breaks-inside-two-toronto-newsrooms" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Angelina Irinici</strong> found out</a>.</p><p><a href="http://j-source.ca/article/when-news-breaks-inside-two-toronto-newsrooms" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Newsrooms1.PNG" title="" /></a></p>

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9 Jun

When the news breaks: Inside two Toronto newsrooms

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/7161680677_9b28861db3_b.jpg" title="" /><em>The Eaton Centre doors blocked off after the June 2 shooting. (Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/andymiah/7161680677/sizes/l/in/photostream/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Andy Miah/Flickr</a>)</em></p>

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13 Jul

Editors in distress

Low pay, high anxiety, long hours and short-staffed. The life of today’s magazine editor. This week we feature Whitney Wager’s story from the summer issue of the Ryerson Review of […]

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1 Sep

CJF and Rotman offer media management education program

The Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) and the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto have partnered to create an executive education program aimed specifically at senior media managers. […]

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11 Aug

Why the Free Press still stands tall

After a recent labour strike and staff layoffs, the independent Winnipeg Free Press still maintains its own movie critic, its own parliamentary reporter in Ottawa and continues to send reporters […]

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14 Apr

The true cost of free news (its more than you think)

ByKirk LaPointeThe new Holy Grail is the online business model to sustain high-quality journalism. Everyone has an opinion on how to find it, and there are many questions inherent in […]

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19 Feb

Why multiplatform journalism skills are not enough

Nikki Usher writes in the Online Journalism Review of the frustration in training newsrooms and finding they still don’t get it. It’s a fair assessment of the transition under way: […]

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19 Feb

10 steps to save the newspaper

Morten Rand-Hendricksen, in his Design Is Philosophy blog, has created a sound, 10-point list to save the newspaper. There are few surprises in his list, but it’s a thorough entry […]

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13 Feb

Twitter examined in new Pew Study

The Pew Research Center has had a more detailed look at the rise of Twitter as a communications tool in the United States. Its conclusions are interesting: Twitter is fast-growing […]

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