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10 Sep

UBC tracks social media buzz around elections

As the campaigns hit the road (and the web), the UBC School of Journalism has launched an online project that tracks the social media buzz around the election. NetPrimeMinister.ca aggregates blog […]

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9 Sep

Carleton launches election blog

Carleton University’s School of Journalism has launched a new blog, called Campaign Perspectives 2008, about the federal election. Carleton’s faculty includes many of Canada’s senior political reporters, who have covered […]

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9 Sep

How’d we do last time around?

By Regan Ray Polls were the “ugliest habit” of the election. Newspapers weren’t so biased after all. The foreign media didn’t really care too much at all. And CTV put […]

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9 Sep

UPDATED: Two alt media blogs spring up for election

UPDATE: Following my critiques of the rabble.ca election blog, publisher Kim Elliott explained that it was put together quickly once it became clear that an election was certain. There is […]

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8 Sep

Greens and the election debate

The consortium of  broadcast networks that organize the debates among political leader announced they will  exclude Green party Leader Elizabeth May. The group said in a news release that other […]

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8 Sep

Globe politics site fails on many levels

The new Globe and Mail politics portal that was launched in advance of the election announcement is an incredible effort and represents some major resources. However, it fails on several […]

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8 Sep

Community newspaper coverage of Sunday’s election call lacking

While it is said all politics is local, a quick survey of community newspapers sites in British Columbia, the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Ontario and the Atlantic region found an overwhelming […]

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8 Sep

Globe launches politics portal

Political junkies have a new spot to read, watch, learn, discuss, gripe and just generally get their fix. The Globe and Mail launched its new political portal on Saturday Sept. […]

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8 Sep

Election hub

With a federal election finally out of the gates, J-Source is your election coverage hub. Find out what other journalists are thinking and doing, share a story, and gain that […]

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5 Sep

Cuts will mean less local coverage of election, says Murdoch

Canada’s largest media union, the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada is concerned that the slashing of jobs at media outlets across the country will mean a reduction in […]

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