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17 Apr

Coverage of VA Tech massacre

Poynter.org has compiled (and will continue to update) a breakdown of media coverage of the Virginia Tech shootings, as well as resources that could serve as guides for covering traumatic […]

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17 Apr

Giving more life to national newspapers

Both the Globe & Mail and National Post are expanding lifestyle coverage in theirMonday to Fridayeditions. G&M is launching a new section called “GlobeLife” on April 23, while NP is […]

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14 Apr

Callwood dies at 82

courtesy Saturday Night Magazine and Chris Nicolls June Callwood, remembered for her substantial body of journalistic work and for her passionate activism on behalf of vulnerable people, died on Saturday, […]

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12 Apr

Students respond to protest of ‘spoof’ issue

As protests against a parody issue of the University of Western Ontario’s student newspaper grow, the students’ council is promising changes in accountability, Western News reports. The Gazette story that […]

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11 Apr

CAJ award finalists announced

The Canadian Association of Journalists has announced the finalists in its annual awards for investigative journalism. The winners will be revealed May 26 during the CAJ/Global Investigative Journalism Conference in […]

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11 Apr

Sun Media changes criticized

The Canadian Association of Journalists is asking Sun Media Corp. to rethink a recent policyof national editorials and chain-wide opinion pieces. The CAJ says in a press release that the […]

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10 Apr

Six nominated for Michener Award

The Nunatsiaq News, a small weekly newspaper in Nunavut, is among the finalists for the 2006 Michener Awardfor public-service journalism. The News is nominated for articles about the impact of […]

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9 Apr

Rogers buys TV channels

Rogers has bought a package of TV properties, including the six A-Channel stations, from CTVglobemedia, Canada.com reports via Canadian Press. The price tag for the purchase is $137.5 million.

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6 Apr

CBC-TV trims staff

CBC-TV has cut 41 employees, including staffers in human resources, communications, sales and marketing in various cities across Canada. Ten staffers attached to the production of cancelled shows Country Canada […]

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4 Apr

PR memo reveals opinions about journalist

Wiredreporter Fred Vogelstein is “tricky” and “sensational” according to a PR firm’s internal memo that mistakenly fell into the journalist’s hands. Originally sent by Microsoft’s PR firm Waggener Edstrom Worldwide […]

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