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    Teaching online journalism

    This website provides a well organized list of useful resources and tip sheets for writing and producing journalism for presentation online. It’s put together by Mindy McAdams, who teaches online journalism at the University of Florida and is the author of “Flash Journalism: How to Create Multi-media News Packages.”

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    J-schools more vital than ever

    The combinations of skills needed by journalists are no longer narrow and j-schools are becoming more relevant in this context, writes Robert Washburn. But it is impossible to teach everything and the biggest challenge for educators is to keep themselves properly trained.

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    Du message au massage

    Le Blogmédias.com Avec “La crise de la représentation”, Daniel Bougnoux ne signe pas un énième traité sur la communication, mais un essai lumineux sur la presse et la crise qu’elle affronte. Notre philosophe tord le cou à quelques fables comme “la fin du journalisme” ou “la manipulation par les médias de masse”.

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    Sensationalizing health coverage

    A five-year research study at Simon Fraser University, published this spring in an academic journal, concludes that Canadian newspapers miss the “real stories” about health issues and “dwell on covering the more simplistic and sensational stories.” Simplistic and sensational, eh. Never heard that before. The SFU press release is here. It’s from last month but…