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31 Aug

If you wait long enough…

While some newspapers are still screwing up the courage to jump on the Internet bandwagon, others are jumping off. Washington Post reporter Paul Farhi asks if it’s time to emphasize […]

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17 Aug

Rather keeps fighting

Dan Rather’s legal battle is in the news again, after a judge who previously dismissed his $70 million lawsuit against CBS and Viacom restored the claim. Sidney Blumenthal’s Salon.com article, […]

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10 Aug

Copyright the hot summer issue

“I’ve made my living as a freelance writer for over thirty years. It’s tougher out there now than ever,” writes Margaret Swaine on the comment page of the federal Copyright […]

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1 Aug

Sometimes you gotta pay some dues to get your due…

Canadian freelancers will soon be able to hold a union card. The Canadian Freelance Union will launch its inaugural meeting in October, under the wing of CEP.  The new union […]

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25 Jul

Investigative journalism – where there’s a will, there’s a way

Investigative journalism was already on the ropes when the economic crisis hit. But where there’s a will, there’s a way. The Canadian-American Real News Network was one of the first […]

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22 Jul

New jobs all around

There have been some changes recently in Canada’s media biz, as journalists were promoted and took on new challenges (and some, of course, lost their jobs). The Globe and Mail […]

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7 Jul

It isn’t all bad

Sure, we’re still hearing about layoffs and even Canada’s Globe and Mail came close to being paralyzed by a strike recently, but the news in the media biz isn’t all […]

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30 Jun

Now what?

Now what? That’s the question one Scared Journalist asked Salon.com’s Cary Tennis this week. The answer: “Find a story and write about it.” Another commentator figures journalists must not only […]

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21 Jun

Quebec catches press council flu

News that the Quebec Press Council is in Crisis raises questions about the failing health of Canada’s press councils. Required background reading is Don Sellar’s Press Councils in Sad Decline, […]

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16 Jun

‘Tis the season

It’s awards time in the journalism world and as winter faded away journalists across the country began gathering at galas and ceremonies to celebrate work done in 2008. From the […]

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