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14 Oct

So, howd we do this time?

By Ivor Shapiro Part 1 – So, how’d we do this time?Part 2 – The year of the blogPart 3 – Enter the truth squadsPart 4 – Interactive journalism? Not […]

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14 Oct

Economic reporting in the red: much ink, no insight

By Mark Schacter The background music to our federal election is the cracking and crumbling sound of the global financial edifice.   I turn to the newspapers for perspective.  On […]

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22 Sep

Truth squads: U.S. vs. Canada

By Jeffrey Dvorkin The CBC’s Rick Mercer said it best: “…the stakes are a little higher in America. Whoever wins the presidential election inherits the launch codes to the nuclear […]

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15 Sep

Beyond the riding profile: campaign coverage in a cynical age

By Kirk LaPointe These are difficult times if you’re not a political junkie. Campaigning is crowding other content from screens, speakers and pages. These are also difficult times if you’re […]

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12 Aug

Science, hype, and the troublesome “balance” habit

<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">By </span><br style="font-weight: bold;" /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Maija Saari</span><br /><br /><br /><img align="left" alt="Maija Saari" border="0" height="90" hspace="5" src="http://www.journalismproject.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/images/content_images/Maija%20Saari.jpg" title="Maija Saari" vspace="5" width="60" />The comment was a point of evidence, volleyed politely at me by as part of some small talk over an appetizer.<br /><br />“Of course, scientists have yet to settle the issue of climate change.”<br />

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28 Jul

Police posing as journalists just “laziness”

ByMary Agnes Welch A few years ago, while waiting for a scrum to start, a veteran cameraman and I were chatting about the latest episode of a cop posing as […]

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15 Jul

Torontos “year of the gun” gives way to Toronto Life’s year of the trendy gun story

By Douglas Bell In Toronto  guns are on the brain. Oh let’s face it,  in Toronto everything’s on the brain. The chattering classes maunder on about every goddamned thing; Barry […]

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4 Jul

Don’t risk reader relationships with “sneaky manoeuvers”

By Bob Sexton If it looks like crap and smells like crap, it’s probably going to taste like crap. And who, other than your dog, really wants to eat crap? […]

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23 Jun

The art of storytelling is vanishing in TV journalism

ByTim Knight So there I am back in the sixties in New York City, an ABC-TV reporter/field producer and writer for anchor Peter Jennings, former UPI foreign correspondent in the […]

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21 Apr

Why citizen journalism matters

ByDavid Silverberg Citizen journalism is one of the most recent media trends met with both skepticism and gratitude. Critics attack citizen journalism’s credibility while proponents applaud an experimental model adding […]

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