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6 Oct

Canwest on the stock exchange

There are lots of questions about Canwest and the future of its many media operations, after much of the company was granted creditor protection Tuesday. But here’s one question that’s […]

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3 Oct

The Globe’s 50 years in China

“Fifty years ago, The Globe and Mail became the first Western newspaper to open a bureau in what was then known as Red China. Beijing correspondent Mark MacKinnon reflects on […]

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1 Oct

Transcontinental boycott

Some reaction to the boycott by independent writers against Transcontinental is dribbling in. Slowly, cautiously, too often anonymously … geez writers are a timid breed. A news story in the […]

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1 Oct

Live blogging “What’s Next for News? A Conversation About the Future of News”

What’s Next for News? A Conversation About the Future of News J-Source live blogged two events in Toronto on Friday, Oct. 2. Globe and Mail communities editor Mathew Ingram, media […]

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30 Sep

Writers unite in boycott of Transcontinental

It’s about time that independent writers got our act together, and if it takes a boycott of Canadian Living, More, Elle Canada, Homemakers, and Vancouver Magazine to protest Transcontinental’s odious […]

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30 Sep

Journos and “private citizens”

An interesting post on editorsweblog.org points to discussions in several places about how public journalists can be with personal views. The news hook is a Washington Post guideline for its […]

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30 Sep

San Fran non-profit news org a unique model

A San Francisco venture capitalist has coughed up $5 million and joined forces with a public radio station and Berkeley’s j-school to start a new, local news website, The New […]

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29 Sep

Read the Ryerson Review of Journalism? Let the editors know what you think

The Ryerson Review of Journalism, a twice yearly magazine examining Canada’s world of journalism, is looking for opinions from “journalists, editors, freelancers, and others employed in these fields, students working […]

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28 Sep

Fraser Institute’s message machine — and friends in high places

The Fraser Institute has gone from being regarded by  journalists and editors “with suspicion and derision” to its current lofty status “as a go-to source for every major media outlet […]

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28 Sep

Asia loses FEER

Foreign affairs columnist Jonathan Manthorpe wrote an eulogy to the Far Eastern Economic Review, or simply “FEER,” which Dow Jones announced it will close, after gutting it several years previously. […]

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