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31 Jul

Newsana co-founder calls the platform ‘the meaningful news movement’

<p><strong>By Ben Peterson with Will Koblensky</strong></p><p>Some journalism is brilliant, but the majority of it is crap. Yep, I just publicly wrote what most journalists have been saying privately for years. Royal weddings, celebrity trials, gossip, conjecture, puff. Most journos hate covering it, and I don’t think the public enjoys it all that much either.</p>

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30 Jul

Recalling missed opportunities during early days of newspapers online

<p><strong>By David Cadogan</strong></p><p>As a lifelong newspaper journalist, newspaper owner, publisher, editor and association director, I am frustrated and heartsick that this is not the Golden Age of newspaper organizations. It should be. Industry leaders did just about everything wrong.</p><p> When I first looked at the World Wide Web, in the early 1990’s, there were already some daily newspapers putting some news online.</p>

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30 Jul

Tips for hosting a live chat

<p>"One of the most popular ways many content publishers are incorporating real-time content into their production schedule is by hosting live chats with experts, celebrities and other notable guests. </p>

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29 Jul

OPINION: Freedom to photograph in Canada is under threat

<div style="clear:none;"><p><strong>By William Kowalski for <a href="http://pencanada.ca/blog/public-photography-is-not-a-crime/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PEN Canada</a></strong></p><p> </p>

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25 Jul

Write up to women, not down: A response to a study that shows women don’t care about ‘current affairs’

<p><strong>By Shannon Rupp for <a href="http://thetyee.ca/"><em>The Tyee</em></a></strong></p><p>News of a <a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/07/02/women-especially-in-canada-are-more-ignorant-of-politics-and-current-affairs-than-men-says-uk-research/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.K. government study</a> that claims women are less informed than men about current affairs, particularly in liberal, egalitarian western countries, has been making the rounds, much to the irritation of my female friends and colleagues.</p>

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24 Jul

OPINION: Closure of community newspapers represents a darker and more serious trend

<p><strong>By J-Source innovation editor Robert Washburn</strong></p><p>On the surface, the closure of eight weekly community newspapers is cause for concern for those interested in serving rural Canada; but under further scrutiny, it appears the residents of these areas will continue to get their news from local sources.</p><p>Yet, digging deeper still unveils a more complex series of questions needing answers. These answers may hold the keys to resolving larger issues within the newspaper industry.</p>

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23 Jul

OPINION: Seeing calls for suppression of Rolling Stone cover ‘should make any journalist queasy’

<p><strong>By Lynn Cunningham </strong></p>

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23 Jul

Are journalists keeping up with real-time journalism?

<p>Panelists discussed how they led the charge on educating staff and seeking out those with the latest skills. Guests are Steve Buttry (<em>Digital First Media</em>), Shauna Rempel (<em>Toronto Star</em>) and Teryl Franklin (<em>Wisconsin State Journal</em>).</p><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="600" src="http://embed.scribblelive.com/Embed/v5.aspx?Id=154555&ThemeId=4601" style="border: 1px solid #000" width="400"></iframe></p>

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18 Jul

The Lac-Mégantic train disaster: What The Montreal Gazette learned

<p><strong>By Catherine Wallace, <em>Montreal Gazette</em> managing editor</strong></p><p>Lessons learned or reinforced in <em>The Gazette</em>’s coverage of the Lac-Mégantic train derailment and explosion:</p>

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18 Jul

Responsive vs. adaptive design: Mobile strategies of top news sites

<p><strong>By Phillip Smith</strong></p><p>We’re going to focus on performance, while looking at two different approaches to serving mobile traffic: responsive web design and adaptive web design. If you need a primer on what difference between the two is, I’ve written one for you <a href="http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2011/12/28/ResponsiveDesign/" title="http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2011/12/28/ResponsiveDesign/">here</a>. </p><p><strong>The contenders</strong></p>

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