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28 Mar

Shaky coverage in Japan

The quake and nuclear risk were bad enough. Why did some media have to make it worse? The Tyee’s Crawford Kilian reports. As soon as I heard about Japan’s 9.0 […]

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25 Mar

Should a news agency have its own army?

In a column for Maclean’s, Colby Cosh has plenty of praise for al-Jazeera, but worries there’s an ethical issue involving its owner’s recent pledge to fight against Libya. Cosh prefaces […]

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24 Mar

Canadians hack NYT paywall

The Canadian trial of the New York Times‘ paywall has some hackers getting creative: according to Mashable, the NYT asked Twitter to remove the @freeNYT account that posted links to […]

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24 Mar

PMO communications spending up 30%; journo access down

The Prime Minister’s Office’s spending on communications has increased by nearly $10 million a year, according to a report by The Hill Times. Harper has become notorious amongst journalists for […]

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24 Mar

Twitchell trial: A new kind of court reporting

In Edmonton, the trial of an accused murderer is attracting a flurry of media attention. Having already live-blogged their way through the gruesome sentencing hearing of convicted killer Russell Williams, […]

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23 Mar

An open letter to the Globe and Mail from an unpaid freelancer

After six fruitless months spent chasing an unpaid invoice from The Globe and Mail, freelance journalist Nino Ricci wrote the paper an open letter. Ricco wrote a travel story for […]

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23 Mar

Now THIS is a job ad

And I want to work for this guy. It’s all here.

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23 Mar

“None of us thought we were going to live”: kidnapped NYT journos

Four New York Times journalists were kidnapped and held for six days while on assignment in Libya. The paper has published a story all four — Anthony Shadid, Lynsey Addario, […]

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21 Mar

EyeWeekly calls out media, Maclean’s for “escort v. hooker” article

In an article for EyeWeekly, Kate Carraway calls out Maclean’s humour columnist Scott Feschuk for an listicle he wrote earlier today titled “Escort v. Hooker: How do they compare?” (The […]

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21 Mar

Japan coverage lacks planning, perspective, focus

To combat the sensational and context-less tendencies of 24-hour live coverage, news organizations should implement disaster coverage strategies ahead of time, Tim Goodman writes for The San Franscisco Chronicle, adding […]

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