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9 Jul

China’s broken promise: PEN’s report

A one-year report card from PEN (the pdf is here) noted that seven months ago, the freedom of expression group called on the Chinese government to: • release all writers […]

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9 Jul

Wikileaks: Saving journalism?

The title of a Wired piece revealed the ambition of Wikileaks, the document-leaking site: “Immune to Critics, Secret-Spilling Wikileaks Plans to Save Journalism … and the World” Said Editor’s Weblog: […]

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9 Jul

Newspaper bankruptcies are coming, says Ibbitson

Globe and Mail columnist John Ibbitson predicts the demise of newspapers in the coming years, in his column “Extra, extra, read all about it – or, sadly, not.”  Ibbitson looks […]

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8 Jul

Words of solace

I expect  journalists have always felt like ink-stained wretches at times — and especially now, with the Internet having devoured not only tens of thousands of our jobs, our hopes […]

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8 Jul

Did naming source make him “marked man?”

Critics of a New York Times investigative story about a CIA interrogator, whom it named, say it “has made him a marked man.” Scott Shane, the reporter, and his editors […]

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8 Jul

Investigative … torture

Christopher Hitchens, a Washington-based journalist known for his support of the Iraq war and the U.S. war on terror, has subjected himself to waterboarding. The experiment was done in answer […]

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7 Jul

Brauchli new boss at Washington Post

Former Wall Street Journal editor Marcus Brauchli has been named executive editor of The Washington Post, stepping into the large shoes of the legendary Leonard Downie, Jr. Brauchli was briefly […]

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7 Jul

Calgarian inspires loyal news audience in NYC

In this mini-profile of morning news anchor Pat Kiernan, The Man Who Plays Pat Kiernan on TV, the New York Observer says “thousands of culturally literate New Yorkers” have “a […]

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7 Jul

China’s broken promise

Human Rights Watch has released a new report, “China’s Forbidden Zones: Shutting the Media out of Tibet and Other ‘Sensitive’ Stories.” It said China’s government “continues to block and threaten […]

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4 Jul

Kory Teneycke tagged as Harper’s new communications director

Canadian Press reports that a former energy-industry lobbyist and Reform party activist is expected to become Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s new communications director. An excerpt of the CP story: “Highly […]

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