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7 Mar

Examining an uncertain future for newspapers

<p><em>The Pew Research Centre’s Project for Excellence in Journalism has released a new study examining the business models of newspapers and how they are adapting to a digital world. <strong>Belinda Alzner</strong> examines its findings, the ways that newspapers in the U.S. are adjusting their methods accordingly (or not), and why Canadian newspapers may be faring better.</em></p><p> </p>

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5 Mar

Who does the celebrity interview really purpose?

<p>Cord Jefferson, senior editor at GOOD, <a href="http://www.good.is/posts/we-were-offered-10-minutes-with-bono-why-we-didn-t-care" target="_blank" rel="noopener">once interviewed</a> Bono—you know, the lead singer of mega-band U2 and the face of the advocacy work of ONE. Jefferson was offered 15 minutes to talk with the star. By the day of the interview, it was cut to nine or 10. Then, while talking to the ever-sunglassed singer, he was told by the publicist to wrap it up at about the five-minute mark.</p>

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5 Mar

Breaking the ‘robocalls’ story: Maher and McGregor

<p>Unlike most recipients of name amalgamations, McMaher are not headline-making, Hollywood A-listers.</p><p>But when it comes to Canadian journalists, Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher might be the most talked about as of late.</p>

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2 Mar

Getting the story in Ghana: A Canadian journalist’s perspective

<p><em><strong>Gwyneth Dunsford</strong>, a Canadian journalist living in Ghana as a JHR Rights Media Radio intern, wrote this account of her frustration with gaining access to sources, re-published here with permission from <a href="http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2012/03/hacks-versus-flacks-ghana-edition/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JHR's Field Notes</a>.</em></p><p>“You want me to do what? You want a copy of all my questions?”</p><p>It’s the third time today I have spoken with Gabriel Nii Otu Ankrah, the public relations officer at the Tamale Teaching Hospital.</p>

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1 Mar

VIDEO: The story of The Three Little Pigs, as told in modern news: The Guardian

<p>Have you ever wondered how<em> The Guardian</em> covers a story from many angles and mediums while incorporating user engagement? Well, they've created this advertisement promoting its open journalism that traces the development of a story through traditional and new media.</p><p>The story? Well, it’s a familiar one: The Three Little Pigs. </p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vDGrfhJH1P4?rel=0" width="640"></iframe></p>

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28 Feb

Steve Buttry on why linking is good journalism

<p>In response to a <a href="http://storify.com/mathewi/is-linking-just-polite-or-is-it-required" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter conversation</a> that occurred over the weekend, Steve Buttry, Director of Community Engagement and Social Media for Digital First Media <a href="http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2012/02/27/4-reasons-why-linking-is-good-journalism-2-reasons-why-linking-is-good-business/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">listed a number of reasons</a> that news organizations should include outbound links.</p>

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27 Feb

What role does Facebook ‘creeping’ play in news coverage?

<p>When a teenager was struck by a train in Oshawa a couple of weeks ago, later dying in hospital, police did not release the victim’s name as per the family’s request. However, the local news outlet learned the identity of the 16-year-old via social media, confirmed it and <a href="http://www.durhamregion.com/news-story/3502020-update-oshawa-teen-killed-by-train-mourned/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published it</a>.</p>

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24 Feb

It’s time to kill investigative journalism

<p><em>These are the speaking notes for a talk that former </em>Yukon News<em> editor <strong>Richard Mostyn</strong> gave to students attending the Canadian University Press National Conference on January 14, 2012 in Victoria, BC, at the Harbour Tower and Suites. These notes convey the general thrust of the talk, but are essentially a studio cut of a live performance. The notes are re-printed from Mostyn's blog, where he <a href="http://ykdispatch.blogspot.com/2012/02/its-time-to-kill-investigative.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">originally published</a> them. </em></p>

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23 Feb

Good reads: Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher ‘robocalls’ scoop

<p>Remember during the federal election in May, when voters reported receiving “harassing or deceptive” automated phone calls pretending to be from Elections Canada that told them their polling station had been moved?  Postmedia’s <a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/02/22/racknine-inc-fraudulent-election-calls-traced/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher have reported</a> that Elections Canada traced those phone calls to “an Edmonton voice-broadcast company that worked for the Conservative Party across the country.”</p>

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23 Feb

Lara Logan on Marie Colvin’s death: ‘I feel guilty. I feel a little bit responsible’

<p>Lara Logan, CBS chief foreign correspondent, appeared on <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57383475/logan-i-feel-guilty-after-colvins-death/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBS <em>This Morning</em></a> Thursday to speak about Marie Colvin, a foreign reporter for the <em>Sunday Times</em> who was killed yesterday in Syria, and about the challenges foreign reporters face in cases of extreme civil unrest.</p>

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