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24 Jun

More journalists forced into exile

At least 82 journalists were forced to flee their home countries during the past 12 months, a rate of exile that doubles the average recorded since 2001, according to a […]

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24 Jun

Internet blows past newspapers as source of info for U.S. voters

As Canadian politicians vie for public attention during this summer’s federal pre-election campaign, here’s some interesting U.S. data for journalists, politicians and media managers to chew on: American voters have […]

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20 Jun

Web archive of public policy research launched

Researchers and others should check out Policy Archive, a new searchable, indexed website that hosts public policy research papers from more than 220 think tanks and research institutes. The site […]

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19 Jun

The American Blogopticon

Vanity Fair has published a delightfully visual yet highly functional introduction to the busy American newsy blog scene. Media-politics-celebrity blogs are situated in quadrants according to how they rank along […]

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19 Jun

Internet ad sales forge ahead, says report

According to this year’s PricewaterhouseCoopers forecast on the entertainment and media industries, the media and entertainment industry will do just fine over the next few years but the digital and […]

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18 Jun

Researchers explore the geography of online news

By Mike Gasher The Geography of News Project is an on-going program of research devoted to examining the circulation of news on the Internet. Its central research question asks whether […]

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16 Jun

Canadians losing faith in news media

Only half of Canadians believe news organizations get their facts straight and just a third think news is fair and balanced, according to polling data released by the Canadian Media […]

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13 Jun

Study looks at how online Canadians get news

The average Internet-connected Canadian spends about 2.3 hours a day consuming news and information from a variety of sources, including television and newspapers, according to a new study by the […]

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13 Jun

Anonymous sources “add little,” says researcher

ByDenise Rudnicki When I was a young journalist working for CBC news, I was told I could not use information from an unnamed source unless I could corroborate it with […]

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13 Jun

FOCUS ON FINDINGS: Filling journalism’s R&D gap

This week marks the relaunch of J-Source’s Findings section under Thompson Rivers University’s Alan Bass, a former reporter for the Canadian Press and the London Free Press. Bass takes over from Bill Reynolds, […]

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