Archive
5 Jul

From Cuba, the voice of a brave blogger

While dissident journalists are silenced or jailed, Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez has a lot to say to those in the West who still entertain the fantasy that Cuba and Castroism […]

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4 Jul

Doug Ford calls Toronto Star “a bunch of socialists”

Toronto city councillor Doug Ford spoke on AM640’s the John Oakley Show today about Canada Day, Pride, his time at the cottage, and, what else, the Toronto Star. Needless to […]

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4 Jul

Police chief slams media’s decision to broadcast officer’s SOS call; files complaint

By now, you’ve probably read, or heard, Const. Garrett Style’s SOS call. Many media outlets (the Toronto Star, Canadian Press, CBC, CTV News…) made the decision last week to print, […]

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2 Jul

Violent Sex as a Cure for PTSD? One Reporter’s Bizarre Story

When reporter Mac McClelland went to Haiti on assignment for Mother Jones magazine, she met a woman who told a harrowing story of gang rape. That experience, and what happened […]

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29 Jun

CBSC overwhelmed by Krista Erickson complaints

The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council has issued a plea on their website: Please no more complaints about Krista Erickson’s interview with Margie Gillis on Sun News. “The volume of complaints […]

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28 Jun

Morning news revival

Forget the ol’ industry doom and gloom, say panelists at the RTNDA conference in Halifax: Morning news is on a roll. David Thurton tells us why news shows at the […]

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28 Jun

One j-student explains why she will no longer work for free

<p><span style="font-style: italic;">It's time for media companies to stop offering unpaid internships, says a journalism student, </span><strong style="font-style: italic;">Bethany Horne</strong><span style="font-style: italic;">. The only students who can afford to work for free the summer, she says, are those lucky enough to come from families with money. That's no way to bring diverse voices or fresh perspectives into a newsroom. </span><br />

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28 Jun

Cross-dressing at the first Worldviews Conference on Media and Higher Education

Read our round-up for the highlight presentation and discussion on journalism and academic cross-dressing; what banned U.S. academic Bill Ayers had to say; plus what happens when academic research hits […]

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28 Jun

Big, Brash & Bold: report says to drop all telecom-media foreign ownership limits

The CD Howe Institute’s most recent report is brash, writes Dwayne Winseck, and some might dress it up as bold, but it definitely ain’t right. Why the institute’s three-page report […]

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28 Jun

Being Frank: Inside the newsroom firings, the mag’s decision to write about it, and what’s next

Halifax-based Frank Magazine fired the majority of its newsroom last week, and then wrote about it in the current issue — with typical Frank sauciness, of course. Associate J-Source editor […]

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