Archive
10 Jan

Ex-prostitutes to cover Pickton trial

The editor-in-chief of a website built on “citizen journalism” wants subjectivity, not objectivity, in his reporters’ coverage of a major Vancouver trial. Paul Sullivan tells the Edmonton Sun that the […]

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10 Jan

Weekly hip hop magazine launched

Two veterans of the hip hop publishing world, Dave Mays and Raymond “Benzino” Scott, introduced fans toHip Hop Weekly at a glitzy event in New York on Sunday night, EURweb […]

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8 Jan

Global National top-rated newscast

There’s been little fanfare about Global-TV’s national newscast overtaking CTV and CBC, notes Robert Ballantyne on the Popjournalism website. Anchor Kevin Newman says even he was surprised that the show, […]

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5 Jan

Amiel was Black’s downfall say peers

Barbara Amiel steered Conrad Black away from journalism and into the celebrity world of the super-rich, which ultimately led to the fall of Black’s Hollinger media empire, according to Black’s […]

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5 Jan

CanWest bids for Alliance Atlantic

Winnipeg-based CanWest Global Communications Corp. has teamed up with Goldman Sachs & Co. to make a bid for Alliance Atlantis Communications, the Globe and Mail reported today. Can West and […]

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4 Jan

NY Times “public editor” role under review

Tipped off by a New York Observer story earlier this week, Journalism.org investigates the New York Times‘ alleged plans to terminate its ombudsman position. The position — an independent editor […]

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1 Jan

The end of the CJR Daily

Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism has cut the budget for CJR Daily, a website filled with media criticism from the Columbia Journalism Review. As a result two of its […]

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1 Jan

Columbia rethinks journalism education

Columbia’s school of journalism introduces a new MA program, along with its traditional MS program, three years after Columbia’s president suggested journalism education focused too much on skills and not […]

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30 Dec

Seed Magazine and Scienceblog win awards

Seed, the American science magazine, and Scienceblogs.com have won major awards for innovation and excellence in science journalism. The magazine was awarded the UTNE 2006 Independent Press Award for Best […]

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21 Dec

Alliance Atlantis up for sale

Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc., the owners of 13 specialty cable channels and co-owner of the famed Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) franchise, is up for auction, a move that experts say […]

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