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12 May

Walrus publisher pleads for donations in online video

Shelley Ambrose, co-publisher of The Walrus, went straight to readers with a direct plea for donations in a video recently posted on the mag’s website. Ambrose, also executive director of […]

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8 May

These days, journalists have to be brand managers too

Branding, for the journalist, is about marketing yourself as a product so your name is readily identified with a specific type of service or writing style, writes Alison Gorham, in […]

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7 May

Busted!

Research published in Nature, one of the world’s most respected peer-reviewed journals, suggests that Wikipedia rivals traditional encyclopedia Britannica for accuracy. But there are still solid reasons academia continues to […]

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7 May

Huff vs. Simon: Senate hearings on journalism

The U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet recently held a hearing on the future of journalism. Senator and former presidential hopeful John Kerry moderated and witnesses spoke […]

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6 May

CanWest reprieve (again)

Canwest Global Communications Corp. received another two-week extension, until May 19, in talks with debt obligations with senior lenders and U.S. bondholders. Noted the Hollywood Reporter, “The latest extension came […]

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29 Apr

NATO censoring (some) Afghanistan coverage

Journalists who are not American — and thus protected by that country’s constitution — are working under tough new restrictions imposed by NATO in southern Afghanistan, reported Canadian Press. The […]

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28 Apr

Swine flu Catch 22

The New York Times looks at the conundrum of whether coverage exacerbates a crisis. An excerpt: Without the news media the public would be dangerously unaware of the swine flu […]

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28 Apr

Canwest’s Leonard Asper lays blame

“Neither the bad economy nor debt taken on by broadcasters are to blame for profit declines at Canada’s major television networks,” said CEO Leonard Asper of Canwest Global Communications Corp., […]

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28 Apr

What journalists think about swine flu coverage

As swine flu cases spread across Canada, J-Source Tools for Reporters editor Larry Cornies is asking journalists and health experts for their assessment of the coverage given this story to […]

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28 Apr

Canada “Third World” media nation?

Elizabeth May’s new book “lets loose” on the concentration of media power, writes Lawrence Martin in a Globe and Mail column. Excerpts: If Canadians heard about a country where a […]

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