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9 Dec

R u sure how to properly use :)?

Should you start an e-mail with “dear” or “hey”? What’s the proper punctuation for emoticons? Did reading this headline make you cringe? In the digital age, does proper spelling and […]

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8 Dec

Does compassion have a down side?

An article on the class website of the Journalism Program at the University of Miami makes what, at first blush, seems like an obvious point: Journalists who cover traumatic events–fires, […]

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2 Dec

They’re just words

Apparently this posting on the Canadian Association of Journalists list-serv has prompted more attention than it likely deserves. I’ve been ignoring it, chalking it up to too many people with […]

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30 Nov

After the explosion, injured photographer keeps shooting

The New York Times has posted on its site today photographs taken in Afghanistan by Joao Silva right up to when he stepped on a landmine and lost both his […]

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29 Nov

Calling out North Korea

Armed with a cellphone and enormous courage, “citizen journalists” are reporting on life in North Korea. There are some clips at that site with subtitles and a story on why […]

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29 Nov

Wiki-whacky

So, the consensus about the latest Wikileaks posting is that we Canadians won’t get mad at Obama, even if he said nasty things about us. But some pundits are wondering […]

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29 Nov

Stephanie Nolen’s 5 rules of engagement

Stephanie Nolen, the Globe and Mail‘s award-winning correspondent in New Delhi, talks about the occupational hazards (and rewards) of being a woman foreign correspondent in Africa and India. She also […]

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27 Nov

CBC redesigns — ho-hum

I know I should have posted something before now but, to be honest, what is there to say about the CBC web redesign that hasn’t already been said about the […]

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24 Nov

Head Tweeter wants to create news network

The co-founder of Twitter has told Reuters he wants to work with other news organizations to create a Twitter News Service. To read more about what Biz Stone envisions, click […]

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23 Nov

Texas court orders reporter to testify

Ann Louise Bardach and the New York Times have been fighting for five years to stop the reporter from being ordered to testify in the pre-trial of a Cuban anti-Castro […]

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