Masthead releases Top 50 list
Masthead's top 50 magazines list is full of good news. Indeed, the list, which is based on revenue from ad sales and circulation, shows a 2010 recovery for most magazines.
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From the ground up: Building the SUN News Network
Dayna Gourley has worked in television news for over 15 years, but helping to launch the Sun News Network could be the biggest challenge she's ever faced.
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Media and the hard truth about suicides
No one likes covering a suicide. The publicity may add pain at a time of grieving, and can, experts fear, push other suicidal people over the age. But for Stephen J. A. Ward, the question is how — not whether — painful facts should be reported.
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Ruling relaxes libel rules for political bloggers
An Ontario judge has tossed a libel action against three political bloggers, arguing that web-based political discussions are forums for “the parry and thrust” of vigorous debate and participants whose reputations have been attacked should fight back with words, not legal action.
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TVA Sports: «Bonsoir, elle est partie»
Les amateurs de sports du Québec pourront désormais syntoniser une nouvelle chaîne de télévision francophone. TVA Sports commencera à émettre dès 17h. Dès demain, le mythique Rodger Brulotte pourra prononcer sa célèbre phrase "Bonsoir, elle est partie" en commentant les matchs des Blue Jays de Toronto. Mais aujourd'hui, c'est une femme qui lancera la première…
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Western j-grad program wins award for “A Good Death” series
The University of Western Ontario journalism graduate program, in partnership with the CBC, is the winner of the 2011 Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Media Award.
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Les outils numériques: l’agrégateur de flux RSS
Expert en technologies, Michel Dumais est directeur de l'information au Trait d'Union(hebdomadaire de Transcontinental) et ancien rédacteur en chef de ProjetJ.ca. Il signe ici le premier volet d’une série de chroniques sur les outils numériques et leur utilisation dans la pratique du métier de journaliste. Cette semaine, il donne les clefs pour concevoir une veille…
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Western CanWest Journalism Fellows announced
Two new Canwest Journalism Fellows have been announced for the University of Western Ontario's journalism graduate program 2011/12 school year.
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Is TV news in Canada worth a damn? Two former journos discuss on The Mark
As Tim Knight puts it on The Mark, he and Kai Nagata have some differences: "We're separated by 50 years and 2,000 miles." But also similarities: Both are former TV journalists who believe the industry is mortally ailing — and both have recently penned widely read missives on why; Nagata on his blog, Knight on…
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Former Canadian journo named CEO of second-largest U.S. media chain
Veteran journalist John Paton has been named CEO of MediaNews Group, the second largest U.S. media news chain and publisher of the Denver Post, Salt Lake Tribune, and others.