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Write your headlines for an intelligent friend

A useful set of tips for writing better headlines from Sharon Burnside, the Assistant Managing Editor for the Toronto Star.…
Paul McLaughlin’s interviewing tips

A list of useful tips about preparing for and conducting effective interviews for reporters prepared by Paul McLaughlin, one of Canada’s well-known instructors and authors on interviewing for journalists.…
Another math test for journalists

A second math test for journalists by Steve Doig at Arizona State University who admits to being inspired by the test at “Math test for journalists.”…
Teaching numeracy

This site called Statistics Every Writer Should Know provides a simple guide to understanding basic statistics for journalists who might not know math. It’s put together by Robert Niles, a journalist and website editor in California. It includes clear, simple…
U.S. media nearing “pivot point” — PEJ report

“In the last year, the trends reshaping journalism didn’t just quicken, they seemed to be nearing a pivot point,” according to the 2007 edition of the annually anticipated report on US news media by the Project for Excellence in Journalism…
News is a Conversation (Concordia)

This Concordia journalism department is currently tackling the subject of climate change and have named their school’s blog “Tempest.”…
April 16, 2007: Event’s Annual Creative Non-Fiction Contest

In 2007, Event is hostingits 20th Annual Creative Non-Fiction Contest, for which three winners will each receive $500 plus payment for publication in an upcoming issue of Event Magazine. Deadline for submissions is April 16.…
Cyber libel and Canada’s courts

AnalysisRoger McConchie, a Vancouver lawyer who specializes in libel and privacy issues, has compiled detailed summaries of Canadian court rulings on Internet libel.…
Joe Howe, revisited

Book ReviewJoseph Howe, the courageous editor of the Novascotian, has long been the poster-boy for freedom of speech and freedom of the press in Canada. His exposes of government corruption in Halifax in 1835, his prosecution on a trumped-up libel…
Expanding the defence of qualified privilege

AnalysisAvoiding a defamation suit can be a tricky business. But a series of rulings, including an influential precedent from Britain’s House of Lords, promises to give the Canadian media more leeway to publish or broadcast serious allegations — even unproven…

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