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15 May

Knight News Challenge winners announced

The winners of the 2008 Knight News Challenge were announced May 14 during the 2008 Editor & Publisher/Mediaweek Interactive Media Conference and Trade Show in Las Vegas. This is the […]

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14 May

CBC-ex Burman to head Al-Jazeera English

Al-Jazeera has appointed Tony Burman, editor-in-chief of CBC News, as managing director of its English-language channel, reported the Guardian newspaper. The story said Burman’s arrival “follows a period of turmoil […]

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12 May

Cartoon a hate crime, says Islamic group

Police in Halifax are investigating a complaint about a political cartoon that some members of a local Islamic group claim is a hate crime. The cartoon, published April 18 in […]

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10 May

Globe big NNA winner

The Globe and Mail won six of the 21 awards at the 59th National Newspaper Awards, announced May 9. La Presse of Montreal was next with five awards; the Ottawa […]

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9 May

CNA and CCNA to merge

The Canadian Newspaper Association (CNA) and the Canadian Community Newspaper Association (CCNA) have entered into a co-management agreement. The agreement will see the two associations share the same location, although […]

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8 May

BBC journalist expelled from Myanmar

BBC journalist Andrew Harding was deported shortly after arriving in Myanmar to report on the recent cyclone, Agence France-Presse reports. Officials said Harding had violated visa regulations by entering as […]

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7 May

Broadcast execs contemplate the future

(From Media in Canada) Television and media industry execs gathered in Toronto on May 6 for the annual Broadcast Executives Society’s luncheon, at which CBC News publisher John Cruickshank, Canwest VP news operations […]

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6 May

Freed journalist describes ‘heinous’ Gitmo

An Al-Jazeera cameraman, held for six years at Guantanamo Bay, says he was interrogated 130 times at “the most heinous prison mankind has ever known,” the Associated Press reports. Sami […]

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5 May

Reporter wins top prize for water series

Jonathan Sher of the London Free Press was named journalist of the year at the Ontario Newspaper Awards ceremony for a series on lead in city drinking water, the Canadian […]

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30 Apr

National Magazine Awards Nominees Announced

The Walrus gained the most nominations in this year’s National Magazine Awards. With 37 nominations in total, The Walrus led the pack with Toronto Life in second place with 29 […]

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