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27 Dec

Norman Spector’s column pulled

Globe and Mail columnist Norman Spector takes a swipe at major media in his blog with a posting about his G&M column on Stephen and Laureen Harper being pulled from […]

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21 Dec

RWB to mirror WikiLeaks

Reporters Without Borders announced today it will help out WikiLeaks in its attempt to stay online: “This is a gesture of support for WikiLeaks’ right to publish information without being […]

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20 Dec

Citizen Journalism analyzed

The Centre for International Media Assistance, based in the U.S., has released a report on citizen journalism. This is how it describes its purpose:“This paper examines both the opportunities and […]

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20 Dec

While I appreciate the intent

The New York Post decided to make a statement about Michael Vick, thanks to some creative photoshop. It’s cute but it sure ain’t journalism. Or is it?

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16 Dec

Barbara Frum would not be amused

Back in May, Jeffrey Dvorkin, one of the folks who was involved with As It Happens back in the 1990s, wrote in his blog about Barbara Budd’s sudden retirement announcement: […]

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15 Dec

“I’ve never run a newspaper, but…” Steve Paikin on the Star reassigning Jim Coyle

By Steve Paikin. TVO’s The Agenda I’ve never run a newspaper. I’ve never managed a baseball team. I’ve never coached a hockey team. But that’s never stopped me — or […]

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14 Dec

Come on in, folks

The Journal Register in Connecticut has opened its community-focused newsroom, a place where that has issued an “invitation to the audience we serve to participate in the newsgathering process and […]

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13 Dec

CBC TV’s political panel slammed as among most irritating tv

The Globe’s John Doyle apparently counts The National’s “At Issue Panel” with regulars such as journalists Andrew Coyne and Chantel Hebert, as among the “most irritating” people on TV.  “Blah-blah, […]

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12 Dec

What about Manning?

I googled Bradley Manning today for news hits and got 9,120. Did the same thing for Julian Assange and got 901,000. Which makes me wonder why the media is so drawn […]

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10 Dec

I bet they regret the error!

Columbia Journalism Review has posted its top errors and corrections for the year. And the winner is . . . 

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