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31 Jul

NowPublic gets multi-million-dollar boost

Vancouver-based “citizen journalism” site NowPublic.com has received $10.6 million (US) in financing after turning down at least two acquisition offers. The Globe and Mail‘s Mathew Ingram spoke with Brody on […]

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30 Jul

Snyder dies at 71

Tom Snyder, who started his career as a radio reporter but made his name with his TV interviews, has died from complications of leukemia, the New York Times reports. Snyder, […]

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30 Jul

CTV report on mid-air helicopter crash

Following the mid-air helicopter collision that killed four news station employees in Phoenix on July 27, CTV.ca features a contextual AP story about the event and a video clip from Saturday’s national news broadcast that shows […]

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30 Jul

J-blogs now a wiki at Cyberjournalist.net

In an effort to keep its journalism blogs list up-to-date, Cyberjournalist.net has transformed the list into a wiki, allowing users to edit the list themselves.

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24 Jul

Reporter stitches up mouth to protest imprisonment

(AP) An Azerbaijani journalist has gone on a hunger strike to protest his prison sentence and stitched up his mouth to strengthen his demand, according to a media freedom activist […]

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23 Jul

Chinese reporter arrested for fake story

(AP) Chinese police have arrested a journalist accused of faking an investigative report on buns stuffed with shredded cardboard that made headlines around the world and Beijing Television apologized for […]

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19 Jul

Black granted bail

Conrad Black will not have to go to jail pending his sentencing in November, but he will have restrictions on where he can travel, CBC reports. The judge in Black’s […]

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18 Jul

Free Press loses another publisher

Andrew Ritchie has suddenly left his job as publisher of the Winnipeg Free Press, CBC reports. Staff were told he was leaving to pursue other interests, but a journalism professor sees the […]

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18 Jul

Harper won’t intervene in Black case

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he will not “interfere politically” if former media mogul Conrad Black attempts to return to Canada or regain his Canadian citizenship, the Globe and Mail […]

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16 Jul

Black fights on

One-time news media baron Conrad Black is definitely not throwing in the towel after being convicted of fraud and obstruction of justice, the Globe and Mail reports. Black said by […]

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