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27 Nov

Study of election night coverage votes in a winner

The Project for Excellence in Journalism released a study today of coverage by 32 different media outlets on U.S. Mid-term Election Day. The study offers “five lessons” about reporting on […]

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27 Nov

Torstar taps Spec editor for top Kitchener job

Dana Robbins, editor of the Hamilton Spectator, has been appointed publisher of the Record of Waterloo Region and the Guelph Mercury newspapers. He replaces Fred Kuntz, who was recently named […]

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24 Nov

UK media trade mag closes after 41 years

The Press Gazette, a magazine out of Britain that reports on journalism and the media, has closed after 41 years. According to Wikipedia, co-owner Matthew Freud claimed the decision to […]

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23 Nov

Canadian Federation of Students says no to reporters

The Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) has banned reporters from attending their semi-annual general meeting. The CFS, which represents almost half a million students across the country,has blocked student reporters […]

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21 Nov

Aboriginal editor named one of Globe’s Top 100 Women

Linda Powless, a 50-year-old Mohawk from the Six Nations reserve west of Hamilton, has been named one of the Globe and Mail‘s Top 100 Women. Powless is thepublisher and editor […]

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20 Nov

National Magazine Awards call for submissions

One sure sign of winter is the launch of the journalism awards season. This year’s call for NMA submissions opens Dec. 1, 2006 and ends Jan. 10, 2007. The submission […]

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17 Nov

Helen Allen dies

Veteran journalist Helen Allen, who became best known for her column Today’s Child, has died, the Toronto Star reports.

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17 Nov

<i>Reader’s Digest</i> sold for $1.6 billion

The Globe and Mail‘s Keith McArthur puts some faces and context to the whopping numbers behind the sale of the world’s best read magazine brand.

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10 Nov

Former <i>Star </i>publisher joins McGill University

Michael Goldbloom, the former publisher of the Toronto Star, will join McGill University as the new vice-president of inter-institutional affairs. Goldbloom, 53, a lawyer and former reporter, was dismissed from […]

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10 Nov

60 Minutes Veteran Host Ed Bradley dead

Ed Bradley, the veteran co-host of 60 Minutes has died. Bradley died in Manhattan of complications from lymphatic leukemia. He was 65. The well-respected broadcaster was at CBS News from […]

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