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23 Feb

Storify makes content curation smarter, more useful

From covering the uprising in Egypt to gauging the public’s reaction to a proposed Toronto transit fare hike, Storify allows journalists to aggregate social media as a means of storytelling, […]

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11 Jan

OpenFile: at the corner of hope and hype

Journalists began talking about a revolution as soon as OpenFile came to town offering a new approach to local coverage. But meeting such towering expectations hasn’t been easy. This week […]

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7 Dec

“If you don’t think you’re a freelancer, think again”: Kim Pittaway

Technology: we can’t ignore it, but we can’t let it replace quality journalism, either. Ira Basen, Kim Pittaway and Claire Brownell talk about social media branding, the challenge of work […]

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30 Nov

J-students go hyperlocal with smartphones

Armed with smartphones to research, interview and write, Wayne MacPhail’s j-students tackle street-level journalism while learning to file from the field. On a cold fall night about 20 years ago […]

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25 Nov

Richard Branson’s iPad magazine

British billionaire and Virgin Group chair Richard Branson will unveil an iPad-specific magazine next week — to be titled Project, or Maverick, depending on your source. (UPDATE: the mag, called […]

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24 Nov

The Globe’s community of commenters

The Nieman Journalism Lab examines the Globe and Mail’s Catalysts — a new community brain trust that offer the paper editorial direction and help hold comment sections to a higher […]

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18 Nov

Are magazine iPad apps profitable in the long haul?

By Dorion Benkoil Magazine editors and publishers are excited about tablet devices like the iPad. In them, they see a chance to give consumers the best that digital media can […]

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2 Nov

Tech on trial

As one of the decade’s most horrifying stories unfolded in a Belleville courtroom, newsrooms experimented with new ways of reporting, Rob Washburn writes. Here’s how journalists tackled the story, in […]

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23 Oct

Twitter’s impact on media ethics

This insightful article by Toronto Star columnist Antonia Zerbisias provides an interesting perspective on the ethics of Twitter use during the Russell Williams hearings in Belleville this past week. While […]

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1 Oct

Algonquin College launches Canada’s first community-funded news site

Algonquin College has launched Gojournalism.ca, a community-funded journalism site. The site, which is modelled after California’s successful Spot.us, is the product of an open-source research project funded by Algonquin. A […]

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