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18 Feb

Packing Journalism Into a Tablet

<p>by Wayne MacPhail</p>

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12 Feb

Social TV coming to a Canadian newsroom near you

<p><em>Will television be the next news medium to undergo a dramatic transformation? <strong>Robert Washburn</strong> explains how social TV products such as Apple iTV and Google TV will add a social layer to television programming that will change the way we consume broadcasts.</em></p>

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23 Jan

Has Apple just invented a new kind of longform journalism?

<p><em>The launch of the new Apple iBooks Author tool is aimed at challenging the textbook publishing market. <strong>Wayne MacPhail</strong> argues the new platform also gives journalists a new opportunity to create innovative, media-rich and longform stories for the audience.</em></p>

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3 Jan

Wearing Our CPUs On Our Sleeves

<p><em>Journalist <strong>Wayne MacPhail</strong> looks into his crystal ball at dramatic changes to our phones, computers and the Internet. The ensuing innovations will be the next wave of communications devices journalists can expect to see as platforms for delivering news. It might be time to think about how to tell a story from a wristwatch. </em></p>

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16 Nov

Future of News: What happens next?

<p><em>The impending death of traditional media invokes plenty of questions – and angst. <strong>Alexis Beckett</strong> tells us why four online gurus in Vancouver say it’s time to instead shift the focus to social media’s immense opportunities, new ideas, and plain coolness.</em></p><p>Even the most stalwart digital believers can’t predict the death of traditional media with spot-on accuracy. But is it looming? Well, yes, of course.</p>

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4 Nov

Maclean’s tries augmented reality for Rethink issue

<p>For its <a href="http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/how-to-make-this-magazine-come-alive/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">second annual Rethink issue</a>,<em> Maclean’s</em> is all about innovation – even when it comes to the magazine itself.</p><p>As the editors write, “Innovation also applies to journalism.” Augmented reality, they say, is a new way to enjoy the magazine.  </p>

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27 Oct

Award-winning educator brings hyperlocal news to Oshawa through college program

<p><em>Durham College journalism professor <strong>Anna Rodrigues</strong> provides both her students and her community an a valuable resource with <a href="http://www.downtownoshawanews.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Downtown Oshawa News blog</a>. This hyperlocal news project gives students an excellent learning tool related to hyperlocal news and also serves the community with insight into an interesting neighbourhood. The work is so innovative, she won an award for her work.</em></p>

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19 Oct

Future of News: Speak your mind

<p><em>Long before candidates hit the trail, the </em>Toronto Star<em> knew it wanted to do something big, and interactive, for Ontario's provincial election. <strong>Rhiannon Russell</strong> goes behind the scenes of the </em>Star<em>'s mega Speak Your Mind project.</em></p>

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24 Aug

The Future of News: RTDNA

<p><em>First-ever RTDNA digital chair <strong>Andrew Lundy</strong> and RTDNA president <strong>Andy LeBlanc</strong> talk optimistically on the shift toward digital, how it's changing journalism for the better, and why the recent name change is more than a simple letter swap; it's the start of a revolution.</em></p>

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19 Aug

A new online model for long-form journalism

<p><em>This October, Montreal-based career journalist and businessman <strong>Warren Perley</strong> is launching a new online business model, beststory.ca, for freelance journalists who love the written word and wish to indulge that passion to the exclusion of video. He tells J-Source the genesis and rationale of this new business model.</em></p><p>My passenger, the doctor, unburdened his soul as I drove with him from a coroner’s inquest into the drug overdose of a teenager, in which he had appeared as an expert witness.</p>

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