Archive
24 Jan

The trouble with words

Ethan Bronner writes in the New York Times of his troubles conveying meaning in a land where everything means too much, and something different to each side. An excerpt of […]

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22 Jan

Blood journalism

Eric Calderwood, a researcher of “Muslim-Christian relations in the medieval Mediterranean” writes in the Boston Globe about his take on Al-Jazeera: “… an all-day, ever-shifting drama that throws war in […]

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22 Jan

Indicting the messenger

From Reuters: “South Korean prosecutors indicted a blogger on Thursday who had warned of financial doom for the country with critics saying he was targeted because his gloomy forecasts upset […]

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22 Jan

Censoring Obama

“Chinese TV Censors Part of Address by Obama.” This would be funny if it were not so sad. Did the Chinese-government owned media operating in Canada censor the speech also?

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22 Jan

What online editors can do to save their jobs

Danny Sanchez offers 10 tips for online editors to keep their jobs. Become versed in social media. Learn search engine optimization. Experiment with online tools. Create a site. Study the […]

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16 Jan

Journalists should be city council watchdog

In one of her recent Urban Compass columns for the Toronto edition of free commuter daily Metro, April Lindgren says that journalists are needed to keep city councils in check […]

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16 Jan

How to financially support journalism online: a blog carnival

Paul Bradshaw at the Online Journalism Blog (OJB) has started a carnival blog that asks the question: How do you financially support journalism online? The conversation includes responses on Twitter, […]

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15 Jan

Israeli bombing of media building

Reporters Without Borders called on the Israeli military to investigate and explain exactly how a 16-storey building in Gaza City that houses several international and Arab news organisations came to […]

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14 Jan

RRJ interview with Don Sellar

There was plenty to talk about last year in journalism circles, including the CBC ombudsman’s report on Heather Mallick’s incendiary column on cbc.ca and CTV’s airing of false starts during […]

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14 Jan

Ten things every journalist should know in 2009

The news business is always changing and while some tech fads vanish as quickly as they appeared, others have staying power and become standard tools of the trade. John Thompson, […]

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