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11 Dec

Off with their heads! Demands to fire Tribune editorial writers: normal or abnormal?

Many news outlets appear to be shocked and outraged at the revelations that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich had apparently demanded that the Chicago Tribune fire certain critical editorial writers. Where […]

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9 Dec

Access court challenge

While everyone has a protected right to speak to government, including the right to request information, do citizens (including journalists) have a correlative Charter right to an answer from government? […]

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9 Dec

30 gifts for journalists

As the holiday season approaches, 10,000 Words has compiled a list of thirty gifts for the “the journalist, photographer, techie or geek in your life.” While some of the suggestions […]

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9 Dec

Back to school: foreign journalists in Canada

Sheridan College hopes its Canadian Journalism for Internationally Trained Writers program will help new Canadians get bylines and jobs. But, in a story for the online edition of the Ryerson […]

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8 Dec

Bankrupt: Tribune down…

Under “mountains of debt and falling ad revenue” the Tribune Company, the American owner of The Los Angeles Times and The Chicago Tribune, filed for bankruptcy protection in a U.S. […]

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8 Dec

Canadian Newsperson of the Year 2008

Who was the most prominent personality of the Canadian journalism world in 2008? Who made a difference in the Canadian news landscape? What voice, action, story, deal or mistake had […]

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4 Dec

Coats insulated with newspapers

Just as death notices are being written for newspapers someone has a new use for them. A new design for a coat lined with newspapers “is being hailed as a […]

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3 Dec

Europe’s access convention criticized

The Council of Europe recently adopted a Convention on Access to Official Documents. The convention’s language is rather inspiring: it refers to aims of greater unity; ideals and principles; the […]

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30 Nov

Conflicts of interest

The New York Times has a massive piece, One Man’s Military-Industrial-Media Complex, about Barry R. McCaffrey, a retired American four-star Army general, military analyst for NBC News, paid lobbyist for […]

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30 Nov

Social networking on the WSJ

The Wall Street Journal will launch a social network for business people, starting Tuesday. If it’s successful, says a New York Times blogger, “it could provide lessons for other news […]

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