Nine production staff cut at Kingston Whig
“More cuts this week, this time nine employees in the Kingston Whig Standard’s production department.”
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Soo Star layoffs target three senior editorial staff
“Three Sault Star vets with over 50 years of experience combined have been pink-slipped, their pre-press jobs being moved to the regional centre in Barrie, says a tipster.”
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Police camera seizures
The Vancouver police department formally apologized to the Province newspaper for “retaining the camera belonging to their photographer Jason Payne for longer than we should have,” Chief Constable Jim Chu told a news conference….
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Online newspaper franchise opens over 500 new community newspapers
“HometownTimes.com, a national online news and community publications franchisor, launched 513 local online newspapers across the United States back in January.”
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Google CEO Calls for New Web Journalism – Wall Street Journal
“Google Inc. Chief Executive Eric Schmidt called on newspaper executives to create a “new format” for online journalism, including delivery methods that give consumers personalized content they want to read.”
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Google is good for newspapers-company laywer says
“NEW YORK, April 7 (Reuters) – Google Inc (GOOG.O) helps newspaper websites make money through online advertising and does not misappropriate their content, a lawyer for the search engine said on the company’s blog on Tuesday.”
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Predictions about the trends in journalism and democracy
“Public trust” journalism is an essential element of a functioning, informed democracy. It is just as important, in its own way, as the parliament or the judiciary. By “public trust” journalism I refer to journalism that applies scrutiny, analysis and accountability to governments, parliaments, politicians, public servants, judges, police, councils, the military, NGOs, diplomats, business…
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Future of investigative journalism online
“Will there be new online models to fund high quality investigative journalism?” Blogger/reporter Zerochampion explores the prospects.
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In Journal: Foxifying British TV news, community journalism and newsroom change
Selected articles from the April 2009 issue of Journalism of possible interest to the journalism community: Towards a `Foxification’ of 24-hour news channels in Britain?: An analysis of market-driven and publicly funded news coverage, by Stephen Cushion and Justin Lewis Making good sense: Transformative processes in community journalism, by Michael Meadows, Susan Forde, Jacqui Ewart, and Kerrie…
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CanWest reprieve redux
Canwest Global Communications Corp was again given some breathing room by its lenders…