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16 Feb

Vancouver Olympics one of most challenging ever for journalists

Intrepid reporters who are willing risk their pay cheques and their media accreditation to take on the IOC and VANOC are out of luck, writes David Eby. Vancouver’s Games were […]

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12 Feb

Dead mags

The Utne Reader has announced the founding of its Dead Magazine Club. Is this ghoulish, or a fitting memorial?

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12 Feb

Major-general slams coverage of murder case involving colonel

Retired Major-General Lewis MacKenzie slammed media coverage of Russell Williams, the Canadian Forces colonel accused of murdering two women, in a Globe and Mail column. “Rarely has Canadian news coverage […]

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12 Feb

Shaw buys Canwest [UPDATED]

Heavily indebted CanWest Global Communications Corp is being effectively acquired by cable and satellite company Shaw Communications Corp., the companies announced.  “While there is much work still to be done, […]

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11 Feb

Complaint alleges Canwest violated advertising standards with Shell tarsand features

The Sierra Club of Canada filed a damning complaint against Canwest and Shell Canada, alleging they “violated the Canadian Code of Advertising Standards.”The press release from the environmental organization said […]

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11 Feb

NY Times readers share articles that “inspired awe”

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania studied The New York Times list of most-e-mailed articles and found that people tended to share articles “with positive rather than negative themes,” the […]

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11 Feb

Karaoke killings yarn out of tune

Well, dang Poynter’s Eric Alterman anyways, for popping the bubble of my favourite New York Times story this year: “Sinatra Song Often Strikes Deadly Chord.” The tale of how Philippines […]

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10 Feb

Award-winning articles, teaching presentations free for the classroom

If you’re looking for a perfect article for the classroom during the Olympics, try “Tourists, Stay Away, Playing Tourist in the Downtown East Side,” by Chris Koentges, up! magazine. The […]

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10 Feb

2010 Olympic freebies: media MUST come clean

As a longtime journalist, Harvey Oberfeld wants to see the Vancouver Olympics fairly reported and commented upon. So he needs to be assured the media are not on the take. […]

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8 Feb

Avoiding real and perceived conflicts of interest

Avoiding conflicts of interest — both real and perceived — has always been important in journalism ethics because they can cause readers to “question the integrity of the journalists work,” […]

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