Archive
23 Jun

Dying on TV: Should we be watching?

Videos of the death of a woman in Iran now known as Neda Agha-Soltan, hit You Tube on the weekend, and soon spread to news websites and television newscasts. The […]

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19 Jun

Canwest in freefall

Shares of Canwest Global Communications plunged into freefall this week, dropping to historic lows before closing Friday at 13 cents, off from a 52-week high of $3.59. The fall comes […]

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17 Jun

Dion, Duffy, CTV and the Senate

In a recent Ottawa Citizen column, “The tale of the Dion tape,” Carleton journalism professor Andrew Cohen asks: “Was Duffy’s appointment a reward?” Cohen gives a rundown of the fallout […]

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16 Jun

Still time to sign up for the King’s Summer School in Computer-Assisted Reporting

Reporters from across Canada are headed to Halifax for the second annual University of King’s College Summer School in Computer-Assisted Reporting.The school is sponsored by the Canadian Newspaper Association and […]

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15 Jun

In the dumps

Have we hit bottom yet? Two recent media business developments suggest not. La Presse will no longer publish on Sundays, effective June 28, reported the Globe and Mail. Standard and […]

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15 Jun

AP to distribute work by non-profit news orgs

Associated Press will distribute stories produced by four non-profit news organizations that specialize in investigative reporting – ProPublica, the Center for Public Integrity, the Investigative Reporting Workshop and the Center for […]

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12 Jun

What, if anything, does Raitt-tapegate say about the practice of journalism?

What, if anything, does Raitt-tapegate say about the practice of journalism? The story about cabinet minister, Lisa Raitt, the private conversation she had last January with her aide, Jasmine MacDonnell, […]

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12 Jun

Journalists jumped on the bandwagon in the Raitt affair

What bothered me most about media coverage of the Lisa Raitt affair in the first 24 hours [after the Chronicle-Herald published its story about the minister’s taped comments] is lack […]

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11 Jun

The evolution of graphics at CBC’s The National

As the CBC goes through restructuring and changes, insidethecbc.com has put together a fun series of video clips showing the opening animations of The National over the years. The clips […]

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11 Jun

Sun Media column critiques RRJ coverage

Do instructors in Ryerson’s journalism program dismiss or slag Sun Media? This is the question prompted by a recent column by Sun Media’s Lorrie Goldstein, “Tilley’s definitely got game: So […]

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