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1 Nov

What could make a journalism history class relevant?

<p>In a time when most are concerned about the future of journalism, why is it important to look at its past? This is one question <a href="http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/profile/72-andie-tucher/10">Andie Tucher</a>, an associate professor at Columbia’s Journalism School,has tackled over the past three years in conducting a graduate-level course in journalism history at Columbia.</p>

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19 Oct

Canadians believe journalists pay for tips, hack phones

<p>About 40 per cent of Canadians believe phone hacking and paying for story tips are tactics used by media here, according to a <a href="http://www.ipsos-na.com/news-polls/pressrelease.aspx?id=5378" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recently-released Ipsos Reid poll</a> conducted on behalf of the Canadian Journalism Foundation.<br />

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12 Oct

Five questions for Josh Freed

<p><em>In his latest documentary, </em>The Trouble with Experts<em>, filmmaker Josh Freed tackles the question: Should we trust the experts? </em>J-Source<em>'s <strong>Rhiannon Russell</strong> talks with Freed about why we sometimes shouldn't, how to be more careful when interviewing experts, and which field has the most of the worst.</em></p><p><br /><strong>J-Source: When did you start realizing how fallible experts can be?</strong></p>

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5 Oct

(Un)Lawful access: wiring Canada’s networks for control

<p><em>Carleton University's <strong>Dwayne Winseck</strong> opines about three issues in the federal government's hands that he argues will influence an independent free media: the copyright act; the process to choose a new CRTC head; and, the 'lawful-access' legislation.This article originally appeared on Winseck's blog, <a href="http://dwmw.wordpress.com/">Mediamorphis</a>.</em></p>

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5 Aug

How business journos use the internet and social media

<p>A whopping 98 per cent of business journalists use the internet to read news, according to a <a href="http://www.arketi.com/pdfs/Arketi_Web_Watch_2011.pdf">new U.S. study by Arketi</a>, a PR and marketing firm based in Atlanta. Maybe that's no big surprise. What about this: nearly as many also use it search for story sources and ideas.</p>

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28 Jun

Big, Brash & Bold: report says to drop all telecom-media foreign ownership limits

The CD Howe Institute’s most recent report is brash, writes Dwayne Winseck, and some might dress it up as bold, but it definitely ain’t right. Why the institute’s three-page report […]

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8 Jun

Committee to Protect Journalists special report: sexual violence and journalists

CBS correspondent Lara Logan’s sexual assault in February brought the issue of sexual violence and journalists into sharp focus, writes CPJ’s senior editor Lauren Wolfe. It has also encouraged more […]

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3 Jun

Radio-Canada’s integrated newsroom, one year later

It’s been one year since Radio-Canada grouped their radio and television journalists into a single newsroom. La Première chaîne journalist Chantal Francœur was taken aback by the move and decided […]

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24 May

Why the newspaper is headed for extinction: study

The printed newspaper is headed for extinction, according to one communications consultant. Ken Goldstein is not just another all-purpose analyst urging the world to jump on the new media bandwagon.  […]

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20 May

ASNE’s best practice guidelines for editors creating social news policies

In case you missed it, or haven’t had a chance to read the full report yet, here are the top 10 takeaways from the recently released American Society of News […]

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