Archive
22 Feb

New textbook: Global Journalism Ethics

In his Literary Review of Canada review of Stephen JA Ward’s new textbook, Global Journalism Ethics, Paul Knox writes: “This is not a quick reference deadline handbook for deciding whether […]

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21 Dec

Peace Meals: A Book Review

     It’s a delectable thesis: That if we would only put as much imagination into the delights of sharing food as we do in killing one another, the world […]

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23 Nov

The evolution of Minifie journalism lectures

The symbol -30- traditionally signifies the end of a story. It’s also the title of an anthology of the first three decades of the annual Minifie public lectures on journalism […]

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19 Oct

The rebirth of media and marketing

Newspapers, magazines, TV and advertising as we know them may be doomed, but that’s not necessarily bad news, writes Bob Garfield: Welcome to the Golden Age of marketing and media. […]

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21 Sep

The surprising off-air lives of on-air people

The grandfatherly on-air Peter Gzowski was an act. Joan Rivers carefully crafted her sarcastic and cruel on-air persona. Former long-time CBC Radio host Andy Barrie reviews two new offerings – […]

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14 Sep

Textbook for potential j-students

<p><span style="font-style: italic;"><img align="Left" alt="Lisa Bruni" border="0" height="118" hspace="5" src="http://www.journalismproject.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/images/content_images/Lisa%20Bruni.jpg" title="Lisa Bruni" width="100" />Peter Steven's new book, The News, uses current case studies to explore the state of online news,  international and investigative coverage and Canadian news production in the wake of the economic meltdown, writes <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lisa Bruni</span>. </span><br />

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14 Sep

A tale of two Gzowskis

Suanne Kelman reviews a new biography about Peter Gzowski by R.B. Fleming that explores the off-air life of a talented and intelligent radio journalist – one you’d probably prefer never […]

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10 Sep

The glamour of grammar

<p>A new book by Poynter Institute scholar Roy Peter Clark aims to put the glamour back in grammar. He also offers up his favourite writing books.<br />

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17 Aug

Separation of church and fourth estate

In a contentious new book The Armageddon Factor: The Rise of Christian Nationalism in Canada, the author explores how evangelical Christian organizations have affected Canadian public policy and opinion by […]

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20 Jul

How pop culture influences Canadian communication

Valérie Bélair-Gagnon reviews the third volume of How Canadians Communicate, which features a series of essays that  focuses on Canadian pop culture and our nation’s search for identity in a […]

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