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19 Oct

So this is the new Globe?

Thanks to Ivor Shapiro for sending this: Search for Rob Ford on the Globe and Mail‘s web site and you get this link to a column printed in the Saturday […]

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17 Oct

Reporter sponsored Haiti kids because “I am a human being first.”

Readers of the Toronto Star, inspired by the example of reporter Catherine Porter in sponsoring the education of three-year-old Lovely Avelus and of her cousin and friend, pitched in to […]

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15 Oct

Is it ethical for journalists to march in Stewart-Colbert rallies?

News organizations often require its employees to avoid taking partisan stands, making campaign contributions or participating in political events–and that includes Jon Stewart’s “Rally to Restore Sanity” and Stephen Colbert’s […]

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14 Oct

Questioning a newspaper’s ethics

Note: This came in to J-Source and seemed like it should be posted here. Comments, folks? I live in St. Marys, Ontario.  One of our newspapers in town is saying […]

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14 Oct

Canada must free scientists to talk to journalists

This is an interesting column on Right to Know Week and the viewpoint that Canadian scientists are muzzled by the government as Kathryn O’Hara asks “what happened to the transparency […]

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12 Oct

Journalism in the Age of Data

Very cool video on communicating data, on visualizations and how to make data more accessible.

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12 Oct

J-students don’t read newspapers

And are we surprised? A brief posting by British J-techer Roy Greenslade shows they think they’ll work in print but they don’t read it. So, where do they get their […]

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9 Oct

Chile: Have we gone too far?

Rescuing the Chilean miners has become a “made for TV” event. For some reason, that just seems wrong to me.

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6 Oct

Trouble at the Tribune: million-dollar bonuses amid 4,200 layoffs

The Chicago Tribune‘s ambitious new leaders have failed to bring the paper back from bankruptcy, the New York Times reports. After billionaire Sam Zell became the Tribune Company’s controlling shareholder, […]

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5 Oct

Television: problem to be managed or instrument to be played?

Long-time television producer and broadcast journalist-turned-j-school professor Alan Echenberg on how to inspire great TV journalism. As someone who has worked in TV journalism for most of my adult life, […]

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