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21 Apr

War-zone ethics

AP war correspondent Christopher Torchia, in Afghanistan, writes about fears, thrills and the ethics of embedded reporting. From AP: In this Feb. 24, 2010 photo, Associated Press reporter Chris Torchia […]

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21 Apr

Outsourcing the I-Team

As newsroom budgets slash expenses, investigative reporting is increasingly going private. Some news giants are catching on. ProPublica is just two year old, but the Manhattan-based organization already boasts industry […]

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20 Apr

What the CAJ should do

When J-Source posted CAJ president Mary Agnes Welch’s “Open letter from the CAJ” last week, readers were quick to weigh in with compliments, criticism and advice for the Canadian Association […]

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20 Apr

Study suggests web is free-range

Americans who spend a lot of time on Fox news are also more likely than most to visit the New York Times, suggests a new study by two business professors […]

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17 Apr

Journalism solution to malfeasance and accountability: study

An academic study on the re-election of corrupt politicians concludes investigative journalism is the solution. But the paper, published in the journal World Politics (PDF), warns that the disappearance of […]

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16 Apr

Talking to Americans: dishonest or funny?

It’s been years since Rick Mercer famously duped former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee in an episode of This Hour Has 22 Minutes‘ popular segment ‘Talking to Americans’. Now Steve Brawner, […]

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14 Apr

Student journalism WIN

Last week, The College of New Jersey’s student paper, The Perspective, published an interview with Mike Huckabee, in which the former Governor of Arkansas said some colourful things about same-sex […]

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13 Apr

Obama’s media control issues

Restrictions on journalists — both American and from other countries — “have become a common practice for the Obama White House,” reports the Washington Post.Dana Milbank, writing about the treatment […]

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13 Apr

More than 3,500 petition Iran to release journalists, writers

Toronto, April 6, 2010—More than 3,500 concerned people from around the world—including prominent international journalists, writers, and press freedom leaders— are petitioning Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei, to […]

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13 Apr

Harper government blocks information

A new report questions whether the notion of transparent government, accountable to and for voters, exists in Canada. Journalists have long found ourselves blocked  by Stephen Harper’s government. Today in […]

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