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22 May

Newsroom barometer study predicts integrated newsroom

An annual survey of editors around the world conducted by Zogby International and commissioned by the World Editors Forum and Reuters is posted to this site and is signficant because […]

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17 Mar

PEJ study finds Net narrows news agenda

The State of the News Media 2008, PEJ’s annual report on the status and health of American journalism, is now online. The study analyzes the major trends in the main […]

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6 Dec

MPs question journalists’ limits

A study released by the Canadian Media Research Consortium finds that while MPs and reporters agree on many elements of fairness in journalism, they disagree when it comes to the […]

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29 Oct

Anatomy of an ATI release

CP’s Bruce Cheadle describes yet another unsuccessful access to information request, in this case seeking government briefing materials on the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership. The latest batch of blacked-out documents arrived […]

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13 Aug

J-schools aren’t embracing new media: U.S. study

Journalism education is not keeping up with the new media demands of the industry, according to a survey of newspaper managing editors conducted by David Wendelken and Toni B. Mehling of […]

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7 Aug

Extending McLuhan to new media

If the medium is the message, what are blogs, podcasts and social networking sites telling us? In this PBS MediaShift column, University of Toronto professor Robert K. Logan offers a synopsis […]

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30 Jul

Global media reporting on HIV/AIDS: survey

To evaluate perceptions on how the news media reports on HIV/AIDS, Internews Network, with partners Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS and the International Council of AIDS Service Organizations […]

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18 Jul

Young readers also active citizens

A study entitled “Reading Between the Lines: Debunking Common Myths about Young Newspaper Readers” finds that young Canadians who are frequent readers of newspapers are also more likely to vote in […]

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9 Jun

Journalists question need to invade personal privacy for stories

By Larry Cornies The invasion of others’ personal privacy is the No. 1 ethical issue facing Canadian journalists today, according to a recent sampling of their opinions collected by graduating […]

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30 May

The PEJ dispenser

Tim Graham, Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center (MRC), offers a critique of the methodology used by the Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) to analyze TV […]

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